Full Title: Illustrated by a Series of Original Specimens from the Works of Messrs. Payne, Munn, Francia, Samuel, Varley, Wheatley, Young, Christal, Cartwright, Girtin, Clennel, Cox, Prout, Hills, Dewint, Owen, Glover, Turner, Loutherbourg &c. &c. Exhibiting the Works of the Most Approved Modern Water Colour Draftsmen with their Style & Method of Touch Engraved and Finished in Progressive Examples. (Second Edition). Oblong folio [325 x 475 mm.] pp. [iv] [36]; 76 plates on 72 leaves [i.e., 19 subjects each in 4 states; coloured, black, sepia, and line]; one line in black badly foxed possibly due to the paper quality and last plate creased. Cont. red morocco, boards decorated with a key pattern and in blind, spine decorated and lettered in gilt and dated 'London 1818'. Coloured endpapers, all edges gilt. "The idea of this work, Hassell's largest and most interesting publication, was to take a drawing by one of the most celebrated draughtsmen of the age and publish four prints showing the progressive stages of the work." (Abbey). Coloured plates in order: 1. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 2. View on the River Wye. 3. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 4. View of Llantony Abbey, Monmouthshire. 5. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 6. View of Dover Castle. 7. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 8. Westerham Mill, Kent. 9. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 10. View near Dolgelly. (Cader Idris) 11. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each to the scene that comes after it. 12-13. Study of a Landscape / Haymakers. 14. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 15. Moel y Shaboed, Carnarvonshire. 16. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 17. A Breeze. 18. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 19. Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire. 20. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 21. Sportsmen. 22. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 23. View of London, from Stockwell. 24. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 25. Shaugh Bridge, Devon. 26. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 27. A Gloucestershire Team of Oxen. 28. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 29. Composition. 30. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 31. Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight. 32. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 33. Sowing of Grain, A Scene in Autumn. 34. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 35. Fishing Boats in a Fresh Breeze. 36. Page of assorted 'tints' with explanations of each concerning the scene that comes after it. 37. View on Windermere Lake.