ACKERMAN, Rudolph (Publisher). A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, containing a Description of the most romantic scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, with Accounts of Ancient and modern manners and customs, and elucidations of The History and Antiquities of that part of the country, &c. &c. Illustrated with forty-eight coloured views, drawn by Messrs. T. H. Fielding, and J. Walton, during a two years residence among the Lakes.
London, printed for R. Ackermann 1821.
£ 2,850
Folio (36x29cm) , pp. vi [ii] 288 plus 48 coloured plates of landscapes. LARGE PAPER COPY. Title-page with coloured landscape vignette. Contemporary manuscript map of lakes loosely inserted in book. Bound in red half morocco gilt and cloth boards, marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Gilt title to spine. Untrimmed. An excellent copy.
Brunet II 1248 (stating the edition carries no date). Graesse II 577 (dating it to 1822).