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
by Gilpin, William
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Published by his Trustees for the benefit of his school at Boldre. Printed for T.Cadell and W.Davies, London, 1809, 1st edition. Half leather binding with marbled boards. Gilt lettering and decoration to spine. 8.75ins x 5.75ins, x, [ii], 208pp plus 20pp plates. Nineteen of these plates are oval aquatints, the other comprises 3 illustrations of ruins. There are 8 illustrations of the ""Norfolk tour"" (all oval aquatints) and 12 of the Welsh tour. Original spine has been relaid with slight loss to the edges. VG.
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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
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- Gilpin, William
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