Essays on the picturesque, as compared with the sublime and the beautiful; and, on the use of studying pictures, for the purpose of improving real landscape.
Sir Uvedale Price, 1st Baronet (1747-1829)
Category
Books
Date
1798
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3015396
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxvii, [1], 432 pp. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Shelved and uniform with v. 1 (1796). Provenance: Eighteenth-century inscription on title page: W. Lowther [i.e. probably William Lowther (1757-1844)]. Late nineteenth-century (?) gilt blue book label lettered "Lowther". Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Vol. 1 of set is inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: Lowther Cas. N/NW/-. 5/47. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf over boards; gilt centrepiece stamp lettered "Lowther"; spine gilt; red and green spine labels
Makers and roles
Sir Uvedale Price, 1st Baronet (1747-1829)