Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - BEAUTY EXEMPLIFIED IN NATURE -GILPIN (William, English artist, Church of England cleric, schoolmaster and author, who best known today as a travel writer, 1724-1804).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. (London): Printed for R. Blamire, 1789. Second edition. xvi, 152 pp. Illustrated with 17 oval sepia-toned aquatint plates. Tree calf binding, with gilt-ruled boards, and gilt decoration and red morocco title label with gilt lettering to spine. Gilt dentelles to fore-edges of boards. Marbled endpapers. Size: 8vo (20.2cm x 14.1cm).Very Good condition. Previous owner's name clipped from top of first preface leaf. Some rubbing to boards and edges, slightly more pronounced along the spine. Light browning to edges of title page from the pastedowns. Some offsetting from plates to facing text pages. Minor age-toning to pages, and a few spots of very light scattered foxing. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.A highly presentable second edition of this beautifully illustrated (and described) work by aestheticist William Gilpin, who takes the River Wye and parts of South Wales as a case study for his discussion of beauty in nature. The sepia-toned oval aquatint views are especially attractive. key words:
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Non-Fiction Subject: Topography & Local Interest
Year Printed: 1789
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Binding: Fine Binding
Author: William Gilpin
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: R. Blamire
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: Illustrated
