The Northern Cambrian Mountains, or, A tour through North Wales : describing the scenery and general characters of that romantic country, and embellished with a series of highly-finished coloured views, engraved from original drawings

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THE MORE DESIRABLE EDITION WITH ALL FORTY COLOURED PLATES Near Fine. The SECOND edition in contemporary full green morocco (by J. Wright), elaborate gilt tooling, gilt armorial image to upper board. Spine, rubbed, raised bands, attractive gilt tooling & titles. Internally, coloured frontis, [4], followed by 39 pls (coloured & with guards), each with a leaf of descriptive text, not paginated, plates dated 1816-1821, gilt board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Each plate displays bright crisp colour with no foxing. A beautiful book with only minor rubbing to edges, armorial bookplate to fpd (Frederick Cass). The 1st edition had only 20 plates whilst this, the 2nd has 39, and has a new title and plates. Describing the scenery and general characters of that romantic country, embellished with a series of highly finished coloured views engraved from original drawings by Turner, Compton, Robson, Gandy, Nicholson, Girtin, De Wint, Fielding and Proust., An excellent Example. (328*233 mm). (Abbey Scenery 523. Tooley 157. Not listed at Prideaux)