Remarks on a Tour to North and South Wales in the Year 1797. WIGSTEAD Henry 1745-1793 Publisher: W. Wigstead Publish Year: 1799 Publish Place: London. No. 40, Charing Cross Illustrator: HILL John. ROWLANDSON. PUGH. HOWITT. Etc. Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 007148 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Edition Inscription: Unknown £375 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information 1st ed, VG 1799, 23 uncoloured aquatints. In a full calf, gilt edge tooling. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles to green calf label, decorative gilt tooling to boards edges and turn-ins. Internally, half title, additional title page (engraved), [5], (vi-vii), [1], [1], [2] adverts, [1] errata, 23 pls (including the eng tp), black end papers, tp dated 1799 & watermarked 98, eng tp dated 1800, An excellent example. (225*142 mm) (ESTC T11206. Allibone 2713. Abbey 516). Wigstead was an English Magistrate amateur painter & caricaturist. He was a close personal friend of Thomas Rowlandson, whom he accompanied on sketching trips to the Isle of Wight (1784), Brighton (1789) and Wales (1787) which resulted in subsequent publications for which Rowlandson provided the illustrations.
