An essay on the picturesque, as compared with the sublime and the beautiful : and on the use of studying pictures for the purpose of improving real landscape / by Uvedale Price.

Accession number

PML 136499-50

Creator

Price, Uvedale, Sir, 1747-1829.

Published

London : Printed for J. Robson, 1796-1798.

Credit line

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes

Edition statement appears in v. 1 only.
Vol. 2 has title and imprint: Essays on the picturesque ... Hereford : Printed by D. Walker for J. Robson ... London, 1798.
Vol. 1-2 of 3 volume set which also includes "Dialogue on the Picturesque," 1801.

Description

2 v. ; 23 cm.

Provenance

Bookplate of Anne Jane Abercorn; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Binding

Straight-grained morocco for the Marquis of Abercorn.

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An essay on the picturesque, as compared with the sublime and the beautiful : and on the use of studying pictures for the purpose of improving real landscape / by Uvedale Price.