GILPIN, William. - Lot 116

GILPIN, William. Voyage en différentes parties de l'Angleterre, et particulièrement dans les montagnes & sur les lacs du Cumberland & du Westmoreland... A Paris, chez Defer de Maisonneuve ; à Londres, chez Blamire, 1789. 2 volumes in-8. Contemporary tortoiseshell calf, ribbed spine, green title and greevel, ornate caissons, triple gilt fillet on covers, marbled edges (defects including rubbing, dull corners, slight browning, upper spine rubbed). First edition in French. An account offering a rather romantic vision of the regions described, beautifully illustrated with 30 plates, engraved on copper in black, of well-executed landscapes or line drawings, sometimes inscribed in ovals. The author was a canon of Salisbury.