Quarto; 37 hand-coloured lithographed plates, bound in black pebbled leather with elaborate gilt to boards and spine compartments. All edges gilt, with gilt inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. Herdman was a member of the Liverpool Academy of the London Artists' Fund Society and the London Institute of Fine Arts. He also produced a folio of Continental Sketches, Liverpool, 1843. The introduction to this edition is by Sir Joseph Picton, a philanthropist with a keen interest in the architecture of Liverpool, who gave his name to the Reading Room and, in fact, the Library in St. George's Square. Coloured plates in order: 1. South West View of the Town Hall (looking from Water Street). 2. View of the Town Hall, from Dale Street (with a portion of the Liverpool and London Chambers). 3. The Telegraph Tower and part of George's Dock Quay (from the West). 4. The Victoria Tower. 5. The Sailor's Home (from Hanover Street). 6. The Custom House and Revenue Buildings. 7. View of St. Nicholas' Church and Telegraph Tower. 8. St. Paul's Church, Prince's Park. 9. St. Luke's Church (top of Bold Street). 10. Stanley Dock Gates from the Tramroad. 11. The East Side of Hope Street. 12. View from the Quay of the Waterloo Dock. 13. Brunswick Street (looking South-East). 14. Great George Street Chapel. 15. St. Chrysostom's Church, Audley Street, Everton. 16. Free Public Library and Museum, William Brown Street. 17. The Orphan Asylum, Mytle Street. 18. Public Baths and Wash-houses, Cornwallis Street. 19. Collegiate Institution, Shaw Street. 20. Water Street (looking upwards). 21. St. George's Hall. 22. South Portico, St. George's Hall. 23. South Side of Chapel Street. 24. The Royal Insurance Buildings. 25. Liverpool and London Chambers, Dale Street. 26. Hope Place (North Side). 27. The Sailor's Home (Front View). 28. St. George's Landing Stage, and distant View of Birkenhead. 29. Exchange Railway Station. 30. Brown's Buildings, Exchange Street West. 31. St. George's Place Lime Street (looking South). 32. Royal Bank Buildings, Dale Street. 33. Queen Insurance Buildings / Wesleyan Schools, Erskine Street. 34 East Side of Castle Street / Holy Cross (R.C.) Church Schools, Great Crossland Street / Norwood Congregational Church, West Derby Road. 35. Adelphi Bank, North John Street. 36. North Side of Bold Street (looking East) / Church of the Holy Apostles, Canning Street. 37. View of Liverpool, from the River / The Albany, Oldhall Street.