OBSERVATIONS, RELATIVE CHIEFLY TO PICTURESQUE BEAUTY, MADE IN THE YEAR 1772, ON SEVERAL PARTS OF ENGLAND; PARTICULARLY THE MOUNTAINS, AND LAKES OF CUMBERLAND, AND WESTMORELAND - Vol. I
by Gilpin, William
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Reading Copy/No Jacket
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About This Item
London: R. Blamore, 1788. [xxxii], xvi, 238pp [front cover completely detached; front free endpaper and first four pages, as a unit, completely detached; remainder of book intact; approximately two inches of spine backing chipped away and missing from upper and lower spine, offset browning to pages of text adjacent to most plates; rubbing and wear to covers; small clippings of book catalog listing mounted inside front free endpaper; ink ownerships from undated original owner, Harriet Roberts, 1864 owner Emma Swain, 1903 owner Bryant Fleming, and 1947 owner Sarah Hood Gilpin Bright on front flyleaf; otherwise Good+]. Second Edition. Half-Leather, Marbelled Boards. Reading Copy/No Jacket. Illus. by Plates. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- David H. Gerber Books (US)
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- Title
- OBSERVATIONS, RELATIVE CHIEFLY TO PICTURESQUE BEAUTY, MADE IN THE YEAR 1772, ON SEVERAL PARTS OF ENGLAND; PARTICULARLY THE MOUNTAINS, AND LAKES OF CUMBERLAND, AND WESTMORELAND - Vol. I
- Author
- Gilpin, William
- Illustrator
- Plates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Reading Copy
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- R. Blamore
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1788
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Natural History, England
- Bookseller catalogs
- Retain;
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