Cambria Depicta: A Tour Through North Wales, Illustrated with Picturesque Views A Native Artist [PUGH Edward] c1761-1813 Publisher: E. Williams Publish Year: 1816 Publish Place: London: No. 11, Strand Illustrator: PUGH Edward Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 006734 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 £250 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information Significant because it combines topographical description, travel narrative, visual documentation & social observation. In contemporary boards, corners & edges bumped & worn. 20c paper label retaining the original paper title. Early 20c paper spine, retaining the original printed paper label. Internally, frontis, [3], (iv-xv), [1], [1], 2-476 pp, [4] adverts, 70pls (of 71, uncoloured), ink name to fep (JL Berbiers? 1945), hinges strengthened, remains of bookplate to fpd, printed by W Clowes, Northumberland Court, Strand, some edge browning & occasional spotting, lacks the Llangollen pl at p310. (222*282 mm). (Tooley 386. Allibone 1702). PUGH, miniature painter and topographer, whose association with John Boydell, the publisher of prints, led him in 1804 to commence his most important work, Cambria Depicta. Over the next nine years Pugh travelled extensively on foot (800 miles) through North Wales, & both wrote the substantial text & provided the original drawings. See ODNB.
