Gilpin (William, M.A.): Observations, Relative Chiefly to Pi...

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Gilpin (William, M.A.): 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, second edition, two-volume set, London: Printed for R. Blamire, 1788, full-page aquatint engravings and maps, volume I in contemporary calf gilt, marbled endpapers, volume II in 20th century black morocco by Graham Bloodworth, Leicester, his ticket, marbled endpapers, slip cased, all edges yellow-stained, 8vo, (2); Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, On several Parts of Great Britain; Particularly the High-Lands of Scotland, first edition, two-volume set, London: R. Blamire, 1789, illustrated, fold-out table, contemporary calf gilt, marbled endpapers, yellow-stained edges, 8vo, (2); Remarks on Forest Scenery, and other Woodland Views, (Relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty)/Illustrated by the Scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire, volumes I & II, various orange-tinted, sepia, and hand-coloured aquatints, contemporary binding en suite to the latter, 8vo, (2); Observations on the Western Parts of England, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty. To which are added, A Few Remarks on the Picturesque Beauties of the Isle of Wight, first edition, London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798, full-page illustrations, contemporary binding en suite to the latter, 8vo, (1), [7]

Provenance: 1) William Stanley Goddard, D.D. (1757-1845), Headmaster of Winchester College, his Plain Armorial bookplates to each pastedown; 2) eventually, William Garnett (1818-1873) of Bleasdale and Quernmore Park, Lancashire, his later 19th century Plain Armorial bookplates.