The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales

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VG, 1805 but later issue c1824, 18 coloured pls. In contemporary half green morocco, green cloth boards, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn, gilt tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles, edges rubbed. Internally, second edition, with Branch frontis, plates with imprints & signatures removed, a.e.g, 36 leaves, 2 title pages and 2 leaves of descriptive text for each plate (titles and text in both English and French - the French text in double columns) 18 hand coloured aquatint plates. The English & French text leaves watermarked J Waterman 1822 whilst the coloured plates are watermarked J Waterman 1824!. Complete, and with its own modern green cloth box with title to spine. Very clean plates, which often are not so! (Folio, 31.5*45 cms). (Abbey 10. Tooley 305. Bobins 678). Title continues: From drawings made expressly for this undertaking by PJ de Loutherbourg. With Historical and descriptive accounts of the several places of which views are given. Engraved by William Pickett and coloured by John Clark. The beautiful plates in this work depict picturesque scenery in a highly romantic style. Loutherbourg worked as a stage designer under David Garrick, was a member of the Royal Academy and befriended Gainsborough, each painting the others portrait in 1778.