Entrée principale:

Gilpin, William, 1724-1804, author.

Titre et auteur:

Observations on the western parts of England : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : to which are added, a few remarks on the picturesque beauties of the Isle of Wight / by William Gilpin ...

Publication:

London : printed for T. Cadell Jun. : and W. Davies, Strand, 1798.

Description:

xvi, 359, [1] pages, [18] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
18 aquatint plates.
Dedicated to Henry Addington, Speaker of the House of Commons.
The same setting of type was printed in both a 4° and an 8° imposition (see ESTC).
Includes publisher's advertisements (p. [1] at end).
The illustrations are tinted aquatints.
Includes bibliographical references.
ESTC, T41858 (8° imposition).
ESTC, T5380 (4° imposition).
Bookplate: Alexis James Doxat.

Résumé:

Gilpin's picturesque tours were widely read and influenced the way people looked at landscapes. On this tour which he made over twenty years before the book was published, he visits Stourhead, Glastonbury, Fonthill, Cornwall, as well as the Isle of Wight.

Sujet:

Travel
England Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Isle of Wight (England) Description and travel Early works to 1800.
England Description and travel.
Isle of Wight (England) Description and travel.
Angleterre Descriptions et voyages.
Isle of Wight (Angleterre) Descriptions et voyages.
Isle of Wight (Angleterre) Descriptions et voyages Ouvrages avant 1800.
England
England Isle of Wight

Classification/genre:

aquatints (prints)
Early works
Aquatints 1798.
Annotations.
Annotations (Provenance)
Aquatintes.

Vedettes secondaires:

Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, dedicatee.
Cadell & Davies, publisher.
Thordarson Collection.

Gilpin's works

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 91257
Cote: PO9676; ID:86-B18016
Statut: Disponible