Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772, on several parts of England; . particularly the mountains, and lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland. ... By William Gilpin, M.A. ...
William Gilpin (1724-1804)
Category
Books
Date
1786
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3107465
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . ill.. . 8vo.. Former shelfmarks: Aa.7.20-21 (black ink), Aa.5.1-2 (pencil). manuscript in pencil on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "G 250/6".. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; single gilt fillet border; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spines, with red gilt title label: 'Gilpin's Northern Tour'. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
William Gilpin (1724-1804) Joseph Farington, RA (Leigh, Manchester 1747 - Didsbury, Canada 1821)