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 Gilpin William
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- Hardcover
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Hay-on-Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: R.Blamire. Second Edition. Full calf, gilt edging and decoration to spine. 152pp., 17 aquatint plates. Extremities bumped and rubbed. Front board slightly loose, front joint cracked. Some foxing to endpapers and occasionally to contents; some offsetting of plates to facing pages and occasionally vice versa. Good. . Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1789.
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- Bookseller
- Broad Street Book Centre (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110267
- 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
- Author
- Gilpin William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- R.Blamire
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1789
- Pages
- 152
- Size
- 215mm x 140mm.
- Keywords
- history Gilpin picturesque Wye topography Wales unit thirteen
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