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LOUTHERBERG, Philippe Jacques de. The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales. Titles and text in French and English. London: T.Bensley for Robert Bowyer, 1805 [text watermarked 1801-5, plates 1807].
2° (467 x 330mm.). 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates by W.Pickett after Loutherberg. Later dark green straight-grained morocco, finely tooled in gilt and blind, gilt inner dentelles, g.e., by Roger de Coverly & Sons. Provenance: R.E.Hart (booklabel).
FIRST EDITION, early issue without the frontispiece. Cf.Abbey Scenery 9-10.
2° (467 x 330mm.). 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates by W.Pickett after Loutherberg. Later dark green straight-grained morocco, finely tooled in gilt and blind, gilt inner dentelles, g.e., by Roger de Coverly & Sons. Provenance: R.E.Hart (booklabel).
FIRST EDITION, early issue without the frontispiece. Cf.Abbey Scenery 9-10.