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A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, containing a Description of the Most Romantic Scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, with Accounts of Antient and Modern Manners and Customs, and Elucidations of the History and Antiquities of That Part of the Country, &c. &c Illustrated with Forty-Eight Coloured Views ..

A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, containing a Description of the Most Romantic Scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, with Accounts of Antient and Modern Manners and Customs, and Elucidations of the History and Antiquities of That Part of the Country, &c. &c Illustrated with Forty-Eight Coloured Views ..

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A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, containing a Description of the Most Romantic Scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, with Accounts of Antient and Modern Manners and Customs, and Elucidations of the History and Antiquities of That Part of the Country, &c. &c Illustrated with Forty-Eight Coloured Views ..

by Fielding, T.H., and J. Walton

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London: R. Ackermann, 1821. First edition. Title-page vignette and 48 aquatint engravings, all finely hand colored. [viii], 288 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Half chestnut morocco, t.e.g., by Stanley Bray for Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Small stain at foot of title with ghost in margin of frontispiece not affecting the image, still a fine copy with the plates fresh and bright. First edition. Title-page vignette and 48 aquatint engravings, all finely hand colored. [viii], 288 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Choice copy of this beautifully illustrated book on the Lake District, handsomely bound. Abbey, Scenery 192; Tooley 219

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Title
A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, containing a Description of the Most Romantic Scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, with Accounts of Antient and Modern Manners and Customs, and Elucidations of the History and Antiquities of That Part of the Country, &c. &c Illustrated with Forty-Eight Coloured Views ..
Author
Fielding, T.H., and J. Walton
Format/Binding
Title-page vignette and 48 aquatint engravings, all finely hand colored. [viii], 288 pp. 1 vols. 4to
Book Condition
Used - Half chestnut morocco, t.e.g., by Stanley Bray for Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Small stain at foot of title with ghost in margin of f
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First edition
Publisher
R. Ackermann
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1821
Keywords
Color Plate
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