A Tour Through Parts of Wales, Sonnets, Odes, and Other Poems. SOTHEBY William 1757-1833 Publisher: R. Blamire Publish Year: 1794 Publish Place: London; Strand, Near Charing Cross. Illustrator: SMITH John 1749-1831. ALKEN S Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 006666 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Inscription: Unknown £150 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information VG. 1st ed, 13 pls (of 13, coloured aquatints). In modern, to style, half calf over green marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, gilt tooling, gilt titles to green morocco label. Internally, half title, [8], [1], [5], 6-120 pp, 13 pls (complete - aquatints after Smith by Alken), the tour in two parts, 14 sonnets, 2 odes, a letter on physiognomy, a letter to the Goddess of Castle Building and Llangollen, very occasional spot, new endpapers. There was a similar publication in 1790 entitled Poems. (ESTC T101645. Allibone 2178. Abbey Scenery 513). (294*228 mm). Sotheby, poet and translator, whose first publication was a volume of Poems (1790), which comprised an account of a walking tour which he and his brother Thomas had made through north and south Wales in 1788, and a number of sonnets and odes with a heroic epistle to a friend, on physiognomy. The volume was reprinted in 1794, with thirteen engravings by J. Smith. See ODNB for a full Bio.
