Lithographed title- page and 16 hand coloured lithographic plates in 'vignette' format (unsigned, undated, imprint of Hodgson and Co., watermarked 1823 - Abbey copy watermarked between 1822 and 1825; Yale copy watermarked 1824). Provenance: H.M. Maudsley, inscription dated 1842. Lacks letter-press leaf stating 'cost, one pound eight shillings'. Some scattered foxing and light thumbing. 28 x 22 cm. oblong. Contemporary quarter straight-grained burgundy morocco with dark green cloth covers. Rubbed with front cover detached, corners worn,  and spine defective. Abbey Life, 104. OCLC, 81170377. Savage, 3781. Spelman, DBP, page 9. WorldCat locates two copies worldwide (Yale and Santa Cruz). Uncommon and scarce colour plate book by Irish landscape painter Frederick Calvert who moved to England in 1815 and, besides painting, produced a number of printed books, including 'The young artist's instructor'  (London, Hodgson and Co., 1823) and 'Picturesque Views by Calvert' (London, Hodgson and Co., 1825). This 'Rural Scenery' volume is arguably the rarest of Calvert's published oeuvre, with just 2 copies recorded in WorldCat and one at auction (Dominic Winter, # 314, 11 and 12 April 2012). 

No. 1. Mucruss Abbey, Killarney -- 2. Saltwood Castle, Kent -- 3. Ross Castle,
Killarney -- 4. Duddingstone Mill, near Edinburgh -- 5. Netley Abbey, near
Southampton -- 6. St. Alban's, Hertsfordshire -- 7. Hadleigh, Devonshire -- 8.
Northern Salmon Fishery, near Southampton -- 9. Distant view of York -- 10. View
near Teignmouth, Devonshire -- 11. View near Truro, Cornwall -- 12. Linlithgow
Priory -- 13. Richmond -- 14. Purfleet -- 15. Enniscorthy -- 16. Lullingston, Kent.