Two works bound together. Cover in contemporary blue cloth boards, expertly re-backed in gilt-lined calf. Preserving original gilt morocco title labels on upper board and front paste-down endpaper. The spine is in six densely-gilt compartments of raised gilt bands and gilt floral motifs, crimson gilt morocco title label on two, endpapers renewed. Complete with 24 hand-coloured aquatints mounted on cards (cards are renewed due to deterioration of old cards), each with typeset captions mounted beneath. Twelve come from Wild's "Foreign Cathedrals," published in 1826, and the other twelve from his "English Cathedrals," published in 1828. The English Cathedrals include: Oxford, Norwich, Wells, Salisbury, and York - Foreign Cathedrals include: Rouen, Amiens, Cologne, Rheims, and Chartres. A scarce copy in excellent condition, the plates are clean and fresh. Colour plates on order: 1. West Front of the Cathedral of Amiens. 2. Nave of the Cathedral of Amiens. 3. Choir of the Cathedral of Amiens. 4. West Front of the Cathedral of Rheims. 5. Choir of the Cathedral of Rheims. 6. West Front of the Cathedral of Chartres. 7. West Front of the Cathedral of Strasburg. 8. Choir of the Cathedral of Beauvais. 9. Choir of the Cathedral of Cologne. 10. South Entrance to the Cathedral of Rouen. 11. West Front of the Cathedral Church of Peterborough. 12. Choir of the Cathedral Church of Oxford. 13. Interior of the Cathedral Church of Norwich. 14. West Front of the Cathedral Church of York. 15. Choir of the Cathedral Church of York. 16. Interior of King's College Chapel, Cambridge. 17. Interior of St. George's Chapel, Windsor. 18. South-East view of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury. 19. Interior of Henry the Seventh Chapel, Westminster. 20. West Front of the Cathedral Church of Wells. 21. Interior of the Transept of Ely Cathedral. 22. Choir of the Cathedral Church of Gloucester. 23. View of The Abbey of St. Ouen. 24. Interior of the Transept of St. Ouen.