Scenery of the Northern Cambrian Mountains: 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 colour views, engraved from original drawings

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Rare in the original 10 parts, 30 hand coloured, numbered, mountain plates. True first edition, first issue, oblong folio, in the original 10 parts in printed wraps, 30 plates hand coloured, with descriptive text: No 1, printed paper wraps, [6], [6] text, 3 pls (dated 1815), wraps & leaves dis-bound. No 2, wrap stating November 30, 1815, [6], 3 pls (1816), wraps, text & pls just holding. No 3, [6], 3 pls (1815/16), cotton ties holding. No 4, [6], 3 pls (1816), ties holding. No 5, [6], 3 pls (1815/16), ties holding. No 6, [6], 3 pls (1816), ties holding. No 7, [6], 3 pls (1816). No 8 (8 in ms), [6], 3 pls (1816), ties holding. No 9, [6], 3 pls (1816/15), ties holding. No 10, [6], 3 pls (1816), wraps, leaves & pls dis-bound. Some of the wrapper edges chipped, the plates & text leaves are clean, pls have tissue guards. All housed in a worn custom made clam shell box, gilt title to upper board. The engravings by D. Havell from Original Drawings by Thomas Compton A unique set, rarely ever found in parts. (251*355 mm). (Tooley 155. No cited by Prideaux or Hardie)