London: printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand, M.DCC.XCII [1792]. Early Reprint. Quarter-Morocco. Fourth Edition (so stated). 8vo: xiii,[3],174,xi,[1]pp. Contemporary quarter black morocco over marbled boards, flat spine in six compartments between gilt rules, gilt urn stamped in each but second titled in gilt. An excellent copy, the binding holding..... more
London: printed for J. Robson, Bookseller to the Princess Dowager of Wales, at the Feathers, in New Bond Street, MDCCLXVIII [1768]. First Edition. Paper-Covered Boards. Small 8vo: [2],iv,4,[2],249,[13]pp (pp.44-45 and 81-96 misnumbered 45-46 and 77-92 respectively; this copy, as most, bound without the 17 plates). Rebound to style by Fitterer... more
London: printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand, M.DCC.XCII. [1792]. Early Reprint. Quarter-Bound Calf. 8vo: [xvi],152,[2]pp, including final advertisement leaf and 17 full-page oval aquatints (without titles, numbers, signatures or imprints). Recent quarter calf, smooth spine in five compartments (two with central gilt tools) divided by double rules, red morocco..... more
London: printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand, M.DCC.LXXXIX [1789]. Second Edition. A very beautifully bound Large Paper Issue (ESTC Citation No.T98996) of Gilpin's first picturesque tour. Broad royal 8vo: [xvi],152pp, including final advertisement leaf and 17 full-page oval aquatints (without titles, numbers, signatures or imprints). Contemporary full mottled calf..... more
London: printed for R. Blamire, Strand, M.DCC.LXXXVI [1786]. Full Calf. First Edition of one of the earliest guides to the Lake district, complete in two volumes. 8vo: [4],xxxi,[1],xvi,230; [4],268,xivpp, with 30 sepia acquaints and soft-ground etched plates, including 3 maps with watercolor wash, by Joseph Farington. Full cat's-paw calf, boards... more
London: printed for R. Blamire, Strand, M.DCC.XCII [1792]. Second Edition. Full Calf. Complete in two octavo volumes. viii,xii,221,[1]; [2],xvi,195,[1]pp, with 40 plates, of which 35 are hand-colored aquatints (including five plans) and five are soft-ground etchings. (In vol. II, "An Account of the Prints" and "Translation of Latin Passages," sometimes..... more
London: printed for R. Blamire, Strand, M.DCC.XCI. [1791]. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this seminal work, complete in two volumes. Tall 8vo's: [4],vii,[1],328,iv,7,[1]; [4],308,iii,[1],xxpp, with 32 leaves of tinted aquatints and soft-ground etchings by Samuel Aikin. Recent cinnamon ribbed cloth spines stamped in gilt, beige paper-covered boards. Remarkably well-preserved..... more
London: Printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand, 1794, M.DCC.XCII [1792]. Full Calf. First Edition of this seminal text of a key concept of the Romantic movement. 8vo: [4],viii,88;v,[3],44,iii,[1]pp, with seven unsigned plates: six tinted and colored landscapes and a diagram demonstrating the rules of perspective. The poem has a...... more
![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. [Large Paper Issue]. William GILPIN.](/pictures/thumb/BB1752.jpg?v=1513358477)
