Remarks on a Tour to North and South Wales in the Year 1797.

WIGSTEAD Henry 1745-1793

Verlag: W. Wigstead, London. No. 40, Charing Cross, 1799

Beschreibung

1st ed, VG+ 1799, 23 uncoloured aquatints. In a full calf, gilt edge tooling. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles to green calf label, decorative gilt tooling to boards edges and turn-ins. Internally, half title, additional title page (engraved), [5], (vi-vii), [1], [1], [2] adverts, [1] errata, 23 pls (including the eng tp), black end papers, tp dated 1799 & watermarked 98, eng tp dated 1800, An excellent example. (225*142 mm) (ESTC T11206. Allibone 2713. Abbey 516). Wigstead was an English Magistrate amateur painter & caricaturist. He was a close personal friend of Thomas Rowlandson, whom he accompanied on sketching trips to the Isle of Wight (1784), Brighton (1789) and Wales (1787) which resulted in subsequent publications for which Rowlandson provided the illustrations. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007148

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Remarks on a Tour to North and South Wales ...

Verlag: W. Wigstead, London. No. 40, Charing Cross

Erscheinungsdatum: 1799

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: HILL John. ROWLANDSON. PUGH. HOWITT. Etc.

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition