system of foliage with hints on the acquirement of a touch
Subtitle: being an introduction to the study of nature, designed for the use of amateurs
By: by W. H. Townsend.
Contributors: Hunter, William, printer; Schenck (Firm)
Publisher: Joseph Graham; William MacGill
Published: 1844
Place of publication: London; Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Landscape drawing -- Technique.; Drawing books -- Specimens.
Genres: Specimens.
Notes: Date taken from dated zincograph plates.

"The examples have been executed on Zinc, as impressions from that material, bearing a closer resemblance to black lead drawings than those from stone, are better adapted for imitation with the pencil; while care has been taken that the lines reversed in the printing, may incline as much as possible in an easy direction. 3, Paget Place, Waterloo Road, August, 1843."--p. [3].

All zincographed plates are signed "W.H.T." or "W. H. Townsend".  Several are with imprint: "F. Schenck Zincr. Edinr." or "Printed by F. Schenck Lithr. Edinr.".  One plate is dated 1843 and six are dated 1844.

MASS copy: Bound in dark maroon cord-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind; a.e. speckled red.  Upper cover with title blocked in gold: "Townsend's Foliagh [sic] 1.4.0.".  With yellow painted endpapers.