A tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire : comprehending a general survey of the picturesque scenery, remains of antiquity, historical events, peculiar manners and commercial situations... / by J.T. Barber... ... illustrated with a map and twenty views, engraved from drawings by the author
1803, First Edition. London : printed by J. Nichols and Son... for T. Cadell and W. Davies. Provenance; from the library of Richard Yerburgh with his familial bookplate to the front pastedown. Very good copy in the original, full tree calf. Professionally and period sympathetically re-backed with a matching gilt-blocked label; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical description; xiii, [1], 359 p., aquatint plates : ill. color map; 21 cm. Notes; Aquatint frontispiece of Tintern Abbey. "Sketched on the spot by J.T. Barber. Aquatinted by W. Pickett." Subjects; Monmouthshire (South Wales & Gwent) - Nineteenth century - Description and travel. Wales - Topography. Other names; Pickett, William [engraver]. Referenced by: NSTC B1166. Item #221781
Price: €395.00