A description of sixty Studies from Nature; etched in the soft ground, by william green, of ambleside; after drawings made by himself in cumberland, westmorland, and lancashire. Comprising, a general guide to the beauties of the north of england.
London.
Printed for the Author, by J. Barfield, 1810.
First edition.
8vo.
x, 122pp. Uncut in original publisher's green paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Rubbed, marked, and dampstained, joints starting, surface loss to spine. Very occasional light spotting.
The sole edition, in original unsophisticated state, of a descriptive catalogue of sixty soft-ground etchings of the counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by landscape painter William Green (1760-1823).
The description was issued both with the suite of sixty etchings, unbound, for ten guineas, and separately for two shillings and sixpence.
Green is primarily known for his immensely popular Tourist's New Guide (1819) and as a specific artist and publisher of drawings and prints of the Lake District. William Wordsworth, who wrote his epitaph, commemorated his 'skill and industry as an artist' and celebrated his 'faithful representations of the country and lasting memorials of its more perishable features'.
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref: 30079
The description was issued both with the suite of sixty etchings, unbound, for ten guineas, and separately for two shillings and sixpence.
Green is primarily known for his immensely popular Tourist's New Guide (1819) and as a specific artist and publisher of drawings and prints of the Lake District. William Wordsworth, who wrote his epitaph, commemorated his 'skill and industry as an artist' and celebrated his 'faithful representations of the country and lasting memorials of its more perishable features'.
