A PICTURESQUE TOUR THROUGH HOLLAND, BRABANT, AND PART OF FRANCE; Made in the Autumn of 1789. Volume I only of II by IRELAND, Samuel - [1790]

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

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[London]: [T & I Egerton], [1790]. First Octavo Edition. Hardcover. Slight foxing to some plates with offsetting to facing text pages. Joints split but covers secure holding by cords; small piece of leather lacking from spine. Good. Octavo (6" x 9") in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with a heavily gilt-decorated spine; xvi, 213, [1] pages. The complete first volume, with half-title page, that covers the Netherlands. Illustrated with an engraved title page and 28 sepia aquatint plates. The missing second volume covered France.

London: T. & I. Egerton, 1790. 2 volumes, 8vo. Engraved titles with aquatint vignettes, 45 engraved or aquatint plates. 19th century half green dyed calf and purple cloth covered boards First edition, octavo issue: complete with all plates. Three forms of the first edition were issued: uncoloured octavo (as the present); uncolored large paper; and coloured large paper. The present octavo edition was published at £2.12s.6d. As the preface details, the plates were engraved by Cornelius Apostool of Amsterdam Abbey, Travel I:184.

London: T. Egerton. 1796. Second Edition. NF, slight outer hinge rubbing, o/w fine. A very beautiful tight solid sound copy with clean text and bright illustrations. A magnificent volume. ; 8vo, red cloth with gilt decorations corners, spine, rear. Teg, 5 raised bands, dec. Eps, 217pp. , with lists of artists. The second (and best) edition, with additions; and an entire new set of copper-plates in aqua-tinta from drawings made on the spot. Includes 29 hand-colored plates. .

groot 4º: geb. in één halfleren band, 20 + 217 + 4 + 211 p., ill. (op de 2 titelpagina’s vignetten in aquatint, 2 etsen, 1 gravure en 45 aquatinten). Mooi exemplaar, op groot papier, naam van vorige eigenaar uit eerste titelblad gesneden. Lit: Landwehr Col. plates 322; Abbey 185; Cox p.159; Lipperheide Gb 35; Brunet III 457; Graesse III 428l Tweede en laatste druk van dit boek, waarin twee aquatinten en één gravure meer zijn opgenomen dan in de eerste druk. Dit betreft een aquatint van Delft: “Entrance to Delft from Rotterdam” en “Capucin’s funeral” te Eu in Normandië. De toegevoegde gravure