Observations, Relative Chiefly To Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 772, On several Parts of England; Particularly The Mountains and Lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland
by Gilpin, William
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- Condition
- Contemporary gilt decorated brown calf. Aeg. Very good. 2 Vols
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: R. Blamire, 1792. Third edition. leather_bound. Contemporary gilt decorated brown calf. Aeg. Very good. 2 Vols. 238, 264 (xiv). 22.5 x 14 cm. Thirty aquatint plates. Errata. RUSSEL p.55. "Gilpin is more closely identified with the picturesque movement than some of the greater artists and deeper thinkers." Contents generally clean, owner signature free endpaper of Vol.I & II. Front cover border panels richly gilt and spines gilt decorated, chips to spine titles with some loss. UPCOTT p.302.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24141
- Title
- Observations, Relative Chiefly To Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 772, On several Parts of England; Particularly The Mountains and Lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland
- Author
- Gilpin, William
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary gilt decorated brown calf. Aeg. Very good. 2 Vols
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third edition
- Publisher
- R. Blamire
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1792
- Keywords
- Book Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Landscape Architecture; Natural History; Travel;
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ardsley, New York
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Errata
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- Gilt
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