Green, William. THE TOURIST’S NEW GUIDE, Containing a Description of the Lakes, Mountains, and Scenery, in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, With some Account of their Bordering Towns and Villages. Being the Result of Observations made During a Residence of Eighteen Years in Ambleside and Keswick. , Kendal Printed and Published by R. Lough and Co. 1819.1st Ed. One Guinea Issue. 2 vols. xi + [vi] Index + 461pp. + [i] blank + [i] Errata + 507pp. + lv + [i]. Errata. 12 tinted bright aquatint plates, [lacking folding map]. Pp.65-72 of vol. 2 misbound, contemporary half leather with marbled boards, spines chipped with sl. loss and joints rubbed with some cracking though firm, extremities sl. rubbed. William Green (1760–1823), landscape painter and etcher. ODNB ‘... In 1819 he published the [above work] in two volumes, illustrated with a variety of etchings and aquatints of the Lake District. It was sold in two formats of either 1 or 2 guineas, the latter supplied complete with a set of his own paints with which to colour his illustrations. (Hence copies of the Guide can still be found where his precise, unfaded palette may still be seen) ...’ US$543 (Book ref. 203193 ) £ 350.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Francis Edwards , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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