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Observations on the river Wye, and several parts of South Wales, &c. relative chiefly to picturesque beauty: made in the summer of the year 1770
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Title
Observations on the river Wye, and several parts of South Wales, &c. relative chiefly to picturesque beauty: made in the summer of the year 1770. By William Gilpin.
Edition
5th ed.
Published
London, Printed by A. Strahan, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1800.
Physical Description
xvi, 154 p. front., pl. 23 cm.
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 has the bookplate of James Frothingham Hunnewell; inscribed J. Sanderson. Copy 2 is the Abbey copy. With copy 2, which is 23 cm., is bound the author's Observations on the coasts of Hampshire, Sussex, and Kent. London, 1804. One plate is wanting in copy 2.
MUDD WC 20741: Bound with his: Observations on several parts of the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk ... London, 1809.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 546
Also listed under
Exhibited in: Art in Focus: Wales (Yale Center for British Art, April 4, 2014 -August 10, 2014)
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