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Gilpin (William). Observations on the Western Parts of England, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty. To which are added, a few remarks on the picturesque beauties of the Isle of Wight, 1st edition, London: printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798, 18 tinted aquatint plates, some offsetting and light spotting, contemporary tree calf, spine a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Three Essays on Picturesque Beauty; on Picturesque Travel; and on Sketching Landscape: To which is added a poem on Landscape Painting, 2nd edition, London: printed for R. Blamire, 1794, half title,6 plates (5 of which aquatints, close-trimmed), some light offsetting, bookplate of Chas. T. Tallent-Bateman and small printed label 'Wm. Gilpin Library or Collection, Manchester', contemporary tan calf, upper cover detached, spine defective, edges rubbed, 8vo, plus Remarks on Forest Scenery and Other Woodland Views, (Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty) Illustrated by the Scenes of New Forest in Hampshire, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: printed for R. Blamire, 1794, double page map, 31 plates, some offsetting and light spotting, contemporary ownership signature of Sarah Howard at head of titles, clear tape marks to front endpapers, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, clear tape residue marks to covers, 8vo, with five iothers: Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, made n the year 1772, on several parts of England; particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1788, Observations on the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales..., 5th edition, 1800, Essays on the Picturesque, as compared with the sublime and the beautiful... by Uvedale Price 3 volumes, 1810, and volume III only (of 3) of Ichnographia Rustica, by Stephen Switzer 1718, and The Picturesque Studies in a Point of View, by Christopher Hussey 1927 (Quantity: 12)