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FIELDING, Theodore Henry (1781-1851) & J.WALTON. A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes. William Clowes for R.Ackermann, 1821 [pre-publication watermarks].
4° (260 x 205mm). Hand-coloured aquatint title vignette and 48 plates after Fielding and Walton. Later red half morocco gilt, g.e. Provenance: Sir Mayson Moss Beeton (son of Mrs. Beeton, armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of a work which, to summarise Ackermann's introduction, unites the "most striking features of the various kinds of scenery of the lakes, executed by able artists in a style worthy of the subject" with "a descripion of all that is interesting and remarkable in the nature and appearance of the country... combining a judicious selection from the labours of former writers... with much new and original information." Abbey Scenery 192; Tooley 219.
4° (260 x 205mm). Hand-coloured aquatint title vignette and 48 plates after Fielding and Walton. Later red half morocco gilt, g.e. Provenance: Sir Mayson Moss Beeton (son of Mrs. Beeton, armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of a work which, to summarise Ackermann's introduction, unites the "most striking features of the various kinds of scenery of the lakes, executed by able artists in a style worthy of the subject" with "a descripion of all that is interesting and remarkable in the nature and appearance of the country... combining a judicious selection from the labours of former writers... with much new and original information." Abbey Scenery 192; Tooley 219.