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329 Gilpin (William). Remarks on Forest Scenery, and other Woodland Views, (relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty) illustrated by the Scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: R. Blamire, 1791, 32 plates, without half-titles (and ‘Translation of Quotations’ in volume 1, and ‘Catalogue of Mr. Gilpins Works’ and ‘Addenda’ in volume 2, noted for the second edition of 1794; not known if required for this edition), offsetting, nearcontemporary ownership inscriptions (Martin Hope Sutton) to titles, gilt edges, contemporary red morocco gilt, slightly rubbed and marked, spines darkened, 8vo (22 x 13.2cm), together with: ibid., Observations, relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, made in the Year 1772, on several parts of England; particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: R. Blamire, 1786, half-titles, 30 plates, offsetting, bookplates of Patricia Milne Henderson, contemporary half calf, rubbed, volume 1 front board detached, 8vo (21.4 x 13.5cm), ibid., An Essay on Prints; containing Remarks upon the Principles of Picturesque Beauty, 1st edition, London: J. Robson, 1768, contemporary manuscript leaf (with biography of Gilpin) bound in before title, gift inscription dated 1796 to initial blank, bookplate of Patricia Milne Henderson, contemporary mottled calf, a bright copy, 8vo (18.4 x 10.8cm), and 8 others, 18th- and 19th-century treatises on aesthetics and art theory, including Aberdeen, Inquiry into the Principles of Beauty in Grecian Architecture, 1st edition, 1822 (ex libris Thomas Philip, 2nd Earl de Grey), Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, 7th edition, 1773, and similar
330 Rehberg (Frederick). Drawings faithfully copied from nature at Naples and with permission dedicated to the Right Honourable Sir William Hamilton. His Britannic Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples, Rome: Niccola de Antonj, [1794], engraved title with vignette and 12 engraved plates by Thomas Piroli, sheet size 39 x 27.5cm (15.25 x 10.75ins), occasional light spotting, previous owner inscription at head of title, 1829?, small bookplate of Edward Cheney (1803-1884, art collector and watercolour artist), near contemporary half cloth over marbled boards, spine faded, folio, together with Drawings faithfully copied from nature at Naples... by Frederick Rehberg, MDCCXCIV [but a re-issue circa 1850], engraved frontispiece, title and 24 plates in two suites, frontispiece and front endpaper detached, some spotting, front hinge tender, bookplate of John Harrison, original blindstamped cloth, upper cover titled ‘Lady Hamilton’s Attitudes’ in gilt, lacking spine, light edge wear, 4to (2)
Abbey Scenery 149 (Remarks, second edition, 1794), 187 (Observations, third edition, 1808); Upcott pp. 303-2 (Remarks, second edition), 124 (Observations). (14) £300 - £400
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