[Rarebooks] FS: Gilpin's ""Observations... to Picturesque Beauty..." 2 vols. w/40 aquatints. London: 1789

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Gilpin, William. OBSERVATIONS, RELATIVE CHIEFLY TO PICTURESQUE BEAUTY, MADE IN THE YEAR 1776, ON SEVERAL PARTS OF GREAT BRITAIN; PARTICULARLY THE HIGH-LANDS OF SCOTLAND. London: Printed for R. Blamire. 1789. First edition. 2 vols. viii,xii,222;(2),196,xx,(2)pp. Illustrated with 40 aquatint plates (including 2 maps). Nineteenth century gilt paneled straight grained black morocco, blind & gilt tooled spines reading "Gilpin's Picturesque Works" stamped in second section and the title stamped in fourth section. A.e.g. Edges & extremities lightly rubbed, but an attractive set.	$375.00 (trade discount allowed)
With a reference in the text and an afterword to the raid on the English coast by the American sea captain John Paul Jones.


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