Author: Ireland, Samuel. (1744-1800).
Title: A picturesque Tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France:
Description: Made in the autumn of 1789, Illustrated with copper plates in Aqua Tinta From drawings made on the spot by Samuel Ireland.London, for T.& I. Egerton, 1796. The second (enlarged) edition, with additions; and an entire new set of Copper-plates in Aqua-Tinta, from the drawings made on the spot. 2 parts in 1 voll.. 2 engr. titles with 2 diff.aquatint vign. & 45 charming plates. 42 aquatints, 1 line-engr. & 2 line- & stipple- engr. .217-211pp.Folio (34,5 x 24 cm). Rare.Cox I, p. 159. Abbey (Travel) 184. Jacobsen Jensen 205. Lipperheide Gb35. Cf. Bodel Nijenhuis 161. Second edition printed on LARGE PAPER (leaves meas. ca. 33 x 23 cm.) of a nice travel-account concerning the Netherlands, Belgium and Northern France. With fine views of i.a. Amsterdam, Breda, Delft, Dordrecht, Gorinchem, Leyden, Haarlem, Rotterdam, Rijswijk, Scheveningen, Vianen & the Bastille in Paris. The first edition was publ. in 1790. - Spine expertly rebacked. Except for the usual foxing/ browning of the plates in very good condition.

Keywords: 'sGravenhage Amsterdam Antwerpen België Breda France Haarlem Leiden London


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