A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes,containing a description of the most romantic scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire...
by Fielding, T.H. and J. Walton
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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CHESTER, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: R. Ackermann, 1821. First edition. Quarto, 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (270 x 210 mm). Half-title, title page with colored vignette, pp. (ii)- vi, 1-288, with 48 hand-colored colored aquatint plates. Old half leather, gilt, over marbled boards. Binding extremities rubbed, slight offset from the plates to facing pages, with an occasional spot in a text leaf, but internally fine. Lewis Richard Ashhurst bookplate. Abbey, Scenery 192; Tooley 219.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31461
- Title
- A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes,containing a description of the most romantic scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire...
- Author
- Fielding, T.H. and J. Walton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- R. Ackermann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1821
- Keywords
- , VOYAGES AND TRAVEL, , ,
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Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
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About the Seller
Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
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CHESTER, Connecticut
About Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
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