The Northern Cambrian mountains; : or, A tour through North Wales: describing the scenery and general characters of that romantic country. / Embellished with a series of highly finished coloured views, engraved from original drawings by Messrs. Turner, R.A.; Compton; Robson; Gandy, A.R.A.; Nicholson; Girtin; De Wint; Fielding; and Prout.
Thomas Compton
Category
Books
Date
1820
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3124469
Summary
Bibliographic description
[80] p., [39] leaves of plates ; fol. Bookseller's pencil price and note on front pastedown: "10/10/- rare". Pencil code on rear pastedown: "be/1". Provenance: Printed label on front pastedown: 'H.W. to F.F.G. 1840'. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half red morocco, marbled paper over boards; red morocco label on upper board (gilt lettered): 'Northern Cambrian mountains'; recessed cords; gilt tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Thomas Compton, original artist Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding (Sowerby 1781 - Croydon 1851), engraver (printmaker) Daniel Havell (Berkshire 1785 – 1826), engraver (printmaker)