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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Title(s):
Observations on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772. By William Gilpin ...
Edition:
The 3d ed. ...
Published/Created:
London, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808.
Physical Description:
2 v. 30 plates (incl. maps) 25 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA670 C9 G4 1808 Copy 1
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA670 C9 G4 1808 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 187
BAC: British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 has the bookplate of James Frothingham Hunnewell, and the autograph of J. Sanderson. Copy 2 is the Abbey copy.
BAC : Plates 25 and 27 signed S.G. At least some plates by Sawrey Gilpin, after the author.--Cf. Barbier, Carl Paul. William Gilpin. Oxford, 1963, p. 83.
BAC : First published, 1786, under title: Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772.
BAC : Printed by Strahan and Preston.
Subject Terms:
Cumberland (England) -- Description and travel.
Westmorland (England) -- Description and travel.
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