The northern Cambrian mountains, . or a tour through North Wales ... embellished with a series of highly-finished coloured views, engraved from original drawings, by Thomas Compton ...
Thomas Compton
Category
Books
Date
1817
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3113251
Summary
Bibliographic description
[72]p., 38 plates . ill.. . 25x34cm.. Not indigenous. Imperfect: plates 2, 4, 7, 9, 21, 24, 25, 35, 37 and 38 cut out, leaving stubs. Loosely inserted: slip of notes on missing plates, and clippings from dealer's catalogues, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Nineteenth-century inscription on pastedown: T [?] Burcher, Westminster 1819; inscription "T. [?] Burcher" also on title page. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: "Bt. from Aunt Sissie's 4 cousins & Mrs Smithson. Fd. in attic & probably Miss Hughes' family, 20 March 1964. Aunt Sissie died 23.3.64.". Binding: Nineteenth-century half red morocco; marbled boards; morocco label on upper cover with title "Northern Cambrian mountains".
Makers and roles
Thomas Compton