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A volume containing two profusely illustrated journals of tours, comprising (a) Driffield, York, Birmingham, Droitwich, Gloucester, Chepstow, Tintern Parva, Tintern Abbey, St Briavel, Landogo, Windcliff, Mathern, Moins Court, Caldicot, Caerwent, Penhow, Llanfair [Discoed], Shirenewton, Monmouth, Raglan, Usk, Caerleon, Newport, Malpas, Clifton and London, 29 July-12 August 1845, and (b) Clifton, Chepstow, St Arvans, Windcliff, Tintern, Llandogo, Monmouth, Skenfrith, Grosmont, Longtown, Llanthony Abbey, Abergavenny, Raglan, Ross, Gloucester, Birmingham, Manchester and Halifax, 19 August-3 September 1846. The illustrations, largely in the form of cuttings of line engravings and lithographs but occasionally of pencil and pen-and-wash drawings (some by S. E. P. and F. Newman and some from W. Coxe, A historical tour through Monmouthshire, 1801) include the N[orth] W[est] view of the City of Gloucester; Plan of Gloucester (1844); Church of St Nicholas, Gloucester; Gloucester Cathedral. View from St Catherines Abbey; Plan of Gloucester Cathedral; Gloucester Cathedral. West Font and South Side; Gloucester Cathedral. The Lady Chapel; Gloucester Cathedral. North Transept; Gloucester Cathedral. The Cloisters; a map of Monmouthshire (drawn and engraved for Samuel Lewis, A topographical dictionary of Wales, 1833); a plan of Chepstow Castle; Chepstow from the Bridge; Interior of Chepstow Castle; Chepstow Castle (2); Ruins of the Old Manor House at Tintern Parva; Tintern; The Ichnography of the Abbey Church of Tintern ....; Tintern Abbey (2); Interior of Tintern Abbey; West Window of Tintern Abbey; Tintern Abbey (Interior View); Tintern Abbey (Feby. 20 1842); an effigy ? of Roger le Bigod, 4th earl of Norfolk, in Tintern Abbey; St Briavell's Castle (1824); The Wyndcliff (1842); Episcopal Palace, Mathern; Moins Court (1824); Ground Plan of Caldicot Castle; Entrance to Caldicott Castle (1846); Caldicote Castle; Square Tower, Caldecot Castle; Keep of Caldicot Castle; Sudbrook Chapel on Caldicot Level; Sudbrook Camp; Caerwent. Bastion of the South Wall; Eastern entrance into Caerwent; Ground Plan of Penhow Castle; Pencoed Castle (1823); Pencoed Castle. Ground Plan; Mansion of Pencoed; Llanvair [Discoed] Castle; a plan of Llanvair Castle; Monnow Bridge, Monmouth; Monmouth Castle; Remains of the Priory, etc. at Monmouth (1805); The Church of St Thomas, Monmouth; Raglan Castle (3); a plan of Raglan Castle; View from the Castle, Usk; Usk Castle; Usk Castle ground plan; Usk Priory; Usk; St Juliens; Newport Castle; Newport; Newport Castle ground plan; Malpas Church; Bridge and Castle, Skenfrith; 'fair sketch' of the bridge [at Skenfrith]; General Plan Skinfrith [sic] Castle, and a Particular Plan of One of its Corner Towers; windows [at Skenfrith Church]; Skenfrith Church; Entrance to Grosmont Castle; Grosmont Castle; Plan of Grosmont Castle; Grosmont Church; Longtown Castle (1809); Llanthony Abbey (1810); Plan of the Remains of Llanthony Abbey, Church, and Chapter House; Llanthony Abbey (1810); Llanthony Abbey; Abergavenny Castle ground plan; Abergavenny Castle (1823); and Abergavenny from the Uske road. The title page reads 'Gloucester 1845. Monmouthshire 1845 and 1846' and is followed by an 'Index to Plates'. The spine is lettered in gilt 'Gloucester, Monmouthsh: 1845. 1846.'

One hundred and seven holograph letters written largely by An[dre]w C. Ramsay to [Mary Louisa] Ramsay, 1853-1881 (the activities of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom and the Geological Survey of Ireland, personal and family affairs, observations on Gloucester Cathedral, the writer's report to Warwick Board of Health, a long chat with Charles Darwin, comments on Lady Llanover's attitude to the harp, comments on the international situation (1870), an account of a visit to Hartlepools, impressions of Lorna Doone (1872), the writer's report on Gibraltar, the recipient's European holiday (1880), etc.). A few of the letters are written from Llangollen, Llanfairynghornwy, Holyhead, and Dolaucothy. Among the few letters not in the hand of Andrew C. Ramsay are three written to him by his wife from the Congregational Manse, Oban, 1872.

Manuscript journal of a tour of south and west Wales, as well as parts of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, 4 June-2 October 1805 (ff. 3-32 verso passim), also including several contemporary illustrations and later pasted-in engravings.
The writer is unknown but appears to be female and was travelling in the company of her 'Papa' and several other presumed relatives. Beginning in Gloucester (ff. 3-4), the journal then recounts a journey down the River Wye from Ross-on-Wye to Chepstow (ff. 7-8, 10-11 verso) and an extended stay at Swansea, 16 June-30 July (ff. 13-14, 16-17, 19, 21-22), before proceeding to Pembrokeshire (ff. 22 verso-23, 26-28 verso), Aberystwyth (ff. 29-31 verso) and Dolgellau (ff. 32 recto-verso), where the narrative ends abruptly, mid-sentence. The volume includes descriptions of Gloucester Cathedral (ff. 3-4), Margam Park (ff. 12-13), the Brownslade estate, [Castlemartin] (ff. 26-27 verso), St Govan's Head (ff. 26 verso-27 verso), the lower River Teifi (ff. 28-29), Devil's Bridge (ff. 29 verso-31) and the house at Hafod, Cardiganshire (f. 31 recto-verso). The illustrations are of pen and wash in a naïve style and comprise eight full page drawings (ff. 2, 6, 9, 15, 18, 20, 24, 25) and three text illustrations (ff. 8, 14, 17) all depicting views along the route. Conversely the fifteen engravings, [1831]-[1845], pasted into the volume depict various views in England, Wales and India and are, with a single exception, unrelated to the text (inside front cover, ff. 1 verso, 2 verso, 33-44 (rectos only)).