IRELAND, Samuel.
Picturesque Views on the River Medway,
Picturesque Views on the River Medway,
from the Nore to the vicinity of its source in Sussex: with observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its neighbourhood.
Stock Code 114023
London, T. and J. Egerton, 1793
First edition; 8vo (23 x 17 cm); 28 hand-coloured aquatint plates, additional hand-coloured title plate and monochrome map, further in-text engravings, with half-title, bookplate to front pastedown, text block clean and tight; later full crushed morocco by Morrell, boards gilt, board edges ruled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt in six compartments, inner dentelles gilt, top edge gilt, a touch of rubbing to corners and spine bands otherwise fine; xii, 206, [2]pp.
Abbey (Scenery), 428; ESTC T146600.
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