A Practical Essay on the Art of Colouring and Painting Landscapes in Water Colours, with Ten Illustrative Engravings; [bound with] A Practical Illustration of Gilpin's Day, Representing the Various Effects on Landscape Scenery from Morning till Night, in Thirty Designs from Nature.
London: Printed for and sold by Edward Orme, Bond Street, the Corner of Brook Street, 1812 / 1811. Full Calf. Superb, beautifully colored examples (bound in one volume) of these early guides to watercolor painting: the "first of the coloured drawing books" (Prideaux) and and a "surprisingly elusive" (Martin-Hardie) copy..... more