Sotheby, William

A Tour Through Parts of Wales, Sonnets, Odes, and Other Poems. With Engravings from Drawings taken on the Spot by J. Smith. London: J. Smetton for R. Blamire, 1794



4to (11 1/8 x 8 ¾ in.; 183 x 222 mm). 13 colored aquatint plates; a few tiny marginal spots, occasional light browning and offset from plates. Contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco elaborately paneled in gilt and blind, edges gilt, dentelles, possibly by Lubbock of Newcastle, with a fore-edge painting of landscape views and cornucopia motifs; joints and corners rubbed.

Thomas Henry Liddell, Baron Ravensworth (ms. ex-libris on title "TH Liddell" with the Ravensworth Castle engraved armorial bookplate)

Abbey, Scenery 513

4to (11 1/8 x 8 ¾ in.; 183 x 222 mm). 13 colored aquatint plates; a few tiny marginal spots, occasional light browning and offset from plates. Contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco elaborately paneled in gilt and blind, edges gilt, dentelles, possibly by Lubbock of Newcastle, with a fore-edge painting of landscape views and cornucopia motifs; joints and corners rubbed.
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First edition of these very atmospheric views of Wales.