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OBSERVATIONS PITTORESQUES SUR DIFFERENTES PARTIES DE L'ANGLETERRE; Particulierement sur les montagnes et les lacs du Cumberland et du Westmoreland. (2 volumes).
by Gilpin, William
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Breslau [lower Germany, now Poland]: De l'Imprimerie de Guillaume Theophile Korn, 1801., 1801.. Fair. - Octavo, 8-3/4 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. Three-quarter calf & marbled boards. Both volumes are lacking the spines. The corners are worn and the marbled paper covering the boards is heavily rubbed and chipped with damage to the paper at the bottom of the second volume's front cover. [iv], xxviii, xv, [i] & 235 pages; and [iv] & 271 pages, respectively. Illustrated with 28 [of 29] plates, including 17 richly-hued aquatints, 7 engraved plates and 4 folding charts. Five of the engraved plates, including 2 folding ones, portray sheep & cattle. [According to the description of plates at the end of the second volume, this set is lacking one plate]. There is scattered foxing throughout, although the aquatints and several of the plates are largely unaffected. There is some offsetting to a few of the pages opposite the aquatints.
The Second French Edition, translated from the third English edition by Baron Blumeinster.
From the library of Henry Dillworth Gilpin with his handsome illustrated bookplate mounted on the front pastedown of each volume. The bookplate, engraved by Cephas G. Childs, depicts a tomb upon which is pictured a shield with a boar beneath an armored arm above the motto "Dictus factisque simplex". In the background, two armored men hunt a boar in the shade of a tree with a castle in the distance. Henry D. Gilpin's name is engraved in outline beneath the image.
A Quaker, the American lawyer and statesman Henry Dilworth Gilpin (1801-1860) was Attorney General of the United States under President Martin Van Buren. As Attorney General, he presented the government's side of the "Amistad" case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The bookplate's engraver, Cephas G. Childs (1793-1871) was one of the foremost engravers of Philadelphia.
The work is an account of the painter William Gilpin's journey through England with descriptions and illustrations of the English countryside and landscape compared to that of other European countries. The French Larousse encyclopedia praises Gilpin's work as being that of the first true artist who gave accurate detailed descriptions of the scenic regions of England and praises his richly toned illustrations.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94875
- Title
- OBSERVATIONS PITTORESQUES SUR DIFFERENTES PARTIES DE L'ANGLETERRE; Particulierement sur les montagnes et les lacs du Cumberland et du Westmoreland. (2 volumes).
- Author
- Gilpin, William
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Breslau [lower Germany, now Poland]: De l'Imprimerie de Guillaume Theophile Korn, 1801.
- Date Published
- 1801.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- TRAVEL; EXPLORATION; ENGLAND; WILLIAM GILPIN; OBSERVATIONS PITTORESQUES SUR DIFFERENTES PARTIES DE L'ANGLETERRE; PARTICULIEREMENT SUR LES MONTAGNES ET LES LACS DU CUMBERLAND ET DU WESTMORELAND; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FRENCH TRANSLATION; BRE
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- Travel & Exploration;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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