A Tour Through Parts of Wales, Sonnets, Odes, and Other Poems... SOTHEBY William 1757-1833 Publisher: R Blamire Publish Year: 1794 Publish Place: Strand, near Charing-Cross, London Illustrator: SMITH John 1749-1831. ALKEN S Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 004737 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Edition Inscription: Unknown £175 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information VG, 1st ed, 1794, 13 coloured aqiatints. In 19th C full tan calf, attractive gilt tooling, couple of small marks, edges & corners bumped & worn slightly. Spine, gilt title * tooling. Internally, half title, [8], [5], 6-120 pp, complete with all 13 aquatints, all very clean & crazed endpapers, binders label to fep, bookplate to fpd (John Clark jun), 3 owners inscriptions to ffep (Willoughby; Roberts; Elan...). Printed by J Smeeton in St Martin's Lane. A lovely copy. Sotheby, poet and translator. This was his first printed title and he went on to produce many translations of the classics. See ODNB for a full Bio. (ESTC T101645. Abbey 513)
