391pp, 185 colour illus (paintings, prints, vignettes etc), 334 half tone illus (in fact more as some are multi-view), endpaper illus, large handsome format, dw. AJS: By John Munday, formerly of the NMM, a full life and catalogue of this man's work. Cooke was noted for his study of Shipping & Craft (1829), but his output was far broader than this. A major work of reference.