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LOUTHERBOURG, Philippe Jacques de (1740-1812). The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales. London: T. Bensley for Robert Bowyer, 1805 [watermarked 1801-1805].
2° (453 x 330mm). 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates by William Pickett after Loutherbourg, coloured by John Clark. Contemporary green half morocco gilt, endpapers watermarked 1811 (extremities scuffed).
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, an early issue without the frontispiece. Cf. Abbey Scenery 9-10.
2° (453 x 330mm). 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates by William Pickett after Loutherbourg, coloured by John Clark. Contemporary green half morocco gilt, endpapers watermarked 1811 (extremities scuffed).
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, an early issue without the frontispiece. Cf. Abbey Scenery 9-10.