Other details
- Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm (8vo)
- Variant Title:
Caption title: Observations on several parts of England, especially the lakes, &c.
Half title: Observations on the mountains, and lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland
Spine title: Gilpin's northern tour
- Published:
London : Printed for R. Blamire, 1788.
- Language:
English
- Cited In:
Cox, E.G. Travel, III, p. 32
- Notes:
Author's name appears after edition statement on t.p.
First edition published in 1786.
The illustrations are aquatint plates.
Errata: v. 1, p. [xxxii] at front.
Explanation of the prints: v. 2, xiv p. at end.
Signatures: Vol. 1: [a]² b-c⁸ [superscript chi]b⁸ B-Q⁸. Vol. 2: [A]² B-R⁸ S⁴ T² a⁸ (-a8).
- Local Notes:
RBC copy: Imperfect: half titles wanting. Bound in mottled calf; decorated and lettered in gilt; gilt decorations on turn-ins; marbled endpapers; edges stained yellow. Textile bookmarkers. Bookplate in both volumes: "Hos libros e bibliotheca Ioannis Spenceri Meade." Binder's ticket on verso of front free endpaper of volume 1: "Bound by C. Kalthoeber." Autograph on front flyleaf of both volumes: "Arabella North November 12th, 1810." Gift of Mark L. Reed.
- OCLC Number:
10058974
