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Gilpin (William) Observations Relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty ..., 5 vol., comprises: Observations of the River Wye, in South Wales, &c., Made in the Summer of the Year 1770, 3 vol. in 1, third edition, lacks half-title, 17 oval aquatint plates, 1792; bound with An Essay on Prints, fourth edition, 1792; bound with, Three Essays: On Picturesque Beauty, Picturesque Travel, and On Picturesque Landscape; to which is Added a Poem on Landscape Painting, second edition, 6 aquatint plates and line drawing, 1794, each vol. with armorial bookplate of John Longe, Spixworth Hall [Norfolk] light foxing and spotting, previous owner's annotations to preliminaries and margins of text, contemporary calf, gilt, light rubbing, decorative spines with red and black leather panels titled in gilt, spine ends and corners bumped, edges uncut, printed for R. Blamire, T. Cadell Jun.and W. Davis, 1792-1798; and 4 others similar, 8vo, (5) *** Spixworth Hall, Norfolk, was the family seat of the Longe family who purchased the estate in 1685, the hall's library consisted of one of the most extensive collections of first-edition books of any stately home in Great Britain. Condition Report: Others Include - Observations . . . Made in Year 1772, Particularly the Mountains and Lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland, 2 vol, bound in one, third edition, 30 plates, maps, 1792; Observations . . . Made in the Year 1776, Particularly the High-Lands of Scotland, second edition, 40 plates, maps, upper cover, preliminaries and title detached, 1792; Western Parts of England, first edition, 18 plates, printed for T. Cadell Jun. And W. Davis, 1798; Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views . . . Illustrated by the Scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire. In three books, second edition, 31 plates, double-page map, 1794. Condition Report Disclaimer