Observations on Several Parts of the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. Also on Several Parts of North Wales; Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, in Two Tours, The Former Made in the Year 1769. The Latter in the Year 1773 - with fore edge painting

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Sale 485: Fine Press - Illustrated Books - Miscellanea: The Library of Byron L. Nishkian (with additions) (#485) 08/02/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #179Observations on Several Parts of the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. Also on Several Parts of North Wales; Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, in Two Tours, The Former Made in the Year 1769. The Latter in the Year 1773 - with fore edge painting

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Observations on Several Parts of the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. Also on Several Parts of North Wales; Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, in Two Tours, The Former Made in the Year 1769. The Latter in the Year 1773 - with fore edge painting

Author:

Gilpin, William

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

T. Cadell

Date Published:

1809

Description:

xii, 208 pp. 19 oval tinted aquatint views, one untinted aquatint of ruins. (8vo) 22.3x13.5 cm. (8¾x5¼") later full red morocco, gilt rule border, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, all edges gilt. First Edition.

With a charming fore-edge painting of Caernarfon (Carnarvon) Castle. One of Gilpin’s most interesting volumes of tours with remarks on several great houses. Armorial bookplate of Rev. C.B. Pearson. Abbey, Scenery 15.

Condition:

Light wear to binding, spine sunned; some foxing and offsetting; very good.

Item#:

227407

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William Gilpin's North Tour with fore-edge painti
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