Wishing your Lordship every success in your endeavours to collect the most choice and rare works of art,
I have the honor to remain,
With the greatest respect,
Your Lordship’s most obliged Servant,
F. W. L. STOCKDALE.
LONDON, MAY 1, 1824.
INTRODUCTION.
On the completion of the present volume, the Author begs to observe, that owing to the great distance of the County of Cornwall from the Metropolis, its hilly surface, and other unforeseen circumstances, his endeavours have been greatly retarded; the great interest, however, which is attached to the county in a commercial point of view, much more its importance to the antiquarian and geologist, will, it is presumed, render the work highly interesting. Although much has already been written upon this county, most of the works extant are either calculated as books of reference, or deficient in graphical embellishments. The trouble and expense which has attended the collection of the several views contained in the work, has been very great; for as the Author was desirous of selecting the most picturesque subjects, he has been compelled to visit almost every place in the county.