Picturesque Europe
| Company type | Book series |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | 1870s |
| Founder | D. Appleton & Co. |
| Headquarters | United States (original publisher) |
Area served | Europe |
| Products | Illustrated travel books |
| Parent | D. Appleton & Co. |
Picturesque Europe was an elegantly illustrated series of books released by D. Appleton & Co. during the mid-1870s, following the popularity of Picturesque America. A revised edition was subsequently issued in Europe through Cassell & Co.. This collection highlighted the natural beauty and travel attractions of Europe, combining vivid narratives with a wealth of steel and wood engravings. The primary engraver, J.W. Whymper, also managed the efforts of other contributing artists.
Volume One
The first volume concentrated on the British Isles, presenting essays on locations such as "Windsor"; "Eton"; "North Wales"; "Warwick and Stratford"; "The South Coast, from Margate to Portsmouth"; "The Forest Scenery of Great Britain"; "The Dales of Derbyshire"; "Edinburgh, and the South Lowlands"; "Ireland"; "Scenery of the Thames"; "The South Coast, from Portsmouth to the Lizard"; "English Abbeys and Churches"; "The Land's End"; "Old English Homes"; "The West Coast of Ireland"; "Border Castles and Counties"; "Cathedral Cities"; "The Grampians"; "Oxford"; "Scotland, from Loch Ness to Loch Eil"; "The West Coast of Wales"; and "The Lake Country." The volume featured wood engravings inspired by artists including William Henry James Boot, Harry Fenn, Towneley Green, J. Harmsworth, C.J. Staniland, E.M. Wimperis, among others, alongside steel engravings derived from works by J. Chase, Birket Foster, D. McKewan, W. Leitch, J. Mogford, P. Skelton, and E.M. Wimperis.
Volume Two
Expanding its scope in Volume II to cover additional parts of Britain, the Channel Islands, and continental Europe, this volume contained anonymous articles on areas such as "Cambridge"; "The South Coast of Devonshire"; "South Wales"; "North Devon"; "The Isle of Wight"; "Normandy and Brittany"; "The Italian Lakes"; "The Passes of the Alps"; "The Cornice Road"; "The Forest of Fontainebleau"; "The Rhine"; "Venice"; "The Channel Islands"; "The Pyrenees"; "Rome and its Environs"; "The Bernese Oberland"; the Rhine (from Boppart to the Drachenfels)"; "Spain (North and Old Castile)"; "Auvergne and Dauphiné"; "Old German Towns"; and "Naples." Illustrations included wood engravings by W.H.J. Boot, C. Emery, Harry Fenn, and J.D. Woodward, complemented by steel engravings from S. Cook, Birket Foster, Louis Haghe, among others.
Volume Three
Volume III extended coverage to more European locales with unattributed essays on "Norway"; "Spain (New Castile and Estremadura)"; "The Lake of Geneva"; "The Frontiers of France (East and South)"; "North Italy"; "Norway (Sogne Fjord, Nord Fjord, Romsdal)"; "Spain (Cordova, Seville, and Cadiz)"; "The Frontiers of France (West and North)"; "Calabria and Sicily"; "The Black Forest"; "Sweden"; "Tyrol"; "Gibraltar and Ronda"; "Dresden and the Saxon Switzerland"; "Eastern Switzerland"; "Constantinople"; "Belgium"; "The High Alps"; "Granada and the East Coast of Spain"; "Russia"; the "Jura"; "Athens and its Environs"; "Holland"; and "The Danube." Later editions credited contributors such as W. Mattieu Williams, Arthur Griffiths, T.G. Bonney, George Adam Smith, Percy Fitzgerald, among others. The volume's imagery combined wood engravings by W.H.J. Boot, E. Compton, Harry Fenn, R.P. Leitch, J.D. Woodward with steel engravings from Birket Foster, Carl Werner, L.J. Wood, plus additional artists.
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