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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. 1800, fifth edition, 17 aquatint plates, complete. 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. 1808, third edition, two volumes, 30 plates, complete, mostly aquatints. OBSERVATIONS ON THE COASTS OF HAMPSHIRE, SUSSEX, AND KENT, RELATIVE CHIEFLY TO PICTURESQUE BEAUTY: MADE IN THE SUMMER OF THE YEAR 1774. 1804, first edition, 6 aquatint plates, complete. OBSERVATIONS ON SEVERAL PARTS OF GREAT BRITAIN, PARTICULARLY THE HIGH-LANDS OF SCOTLAND, RELATIVE CHIEFLY TO PICTURESQUE BEAUTY, MADE IN THE YEAR 1776. 1808, third edition, two volumes, 40 aquatint plates, complete. OBSERVATIONS ON THE WESTERN PARTS OF ENGLAND, RELATIVE CHIEFLY TO PICTURESQUE BEAUTY; TO WHICH ARE ADDED, A FEW REMARKS ON THE BEAUTIES OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT. 1808, second edition, 18 aquatint plates, complete. REMARKS ON FOREST SCENERY, AND OTHER WOODLAND VIEWS, RELATIVE CHIEFLY TO PICTURESQUE BEAUTY ILLUSTRATED BY SCENES OF NEW FOREST IN HAMPSHIRE. IN THREE BOOKS. 1808, third edition, two volumes, 32 aquatint plates, complete. THREE ESSAYS: ON PICTURESQUE BEAUTY; ON PICTURESQUE TRAVEL; AND ON SKETCHING LANDSCAPE: WITH A POEM, ON LANDSCAPE PAINTING. TO WHICH ARE NOW ADDED TWO ESSAYS, GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPLES AND MODE IN WHICH THE AUTHOR EXECUTED HIS OWN DRAWINGS. 1808, third edition, 14 aquatint plates, complete. AN ESSAY ON PRINTS. 1802, fifth edition. OBSERVATIONS ON SEVERAL PARTS OF THE COUNTIES OF CAMBRIDGE, NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, AND ESSEX. ALSO ON SEVERAL PARTS OF WALES; RELATIVE CHIEFLY TO PICTURESQUE BEAUTY, IN TWO TOURS, THE FORMER MADE IN THE YEAR 1769. THE LATTER IN THE YEAR 1773. 1809, first edition, 20 aquatint plates, complete.
Dealer Notes
William Gilpin (1724-1804), writer on art and headmaster, born near Carlisle. After visiting the gardens at Stowe he wrote a "Dialogue upon the Gardens..." in which he made the distinctions between moral and aesthetic beauty in nature and ruins, and laid the foundations for his later works on the picturesque, from which he gained immense popularity. This set represents all his writings on the subject apart from the "Dialogue".
Author William Gilpin.
Date 1800-1809
Binding uniform full crushed morocco, gilt thistle emblem in compartments on spine
Publisher printed by Strahan, for Cadell & Davies
Condition Very good

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