1808 Gilpin's Highlands of Scotland (2 Vols) 40 Plates of Picturesque Beauty

Observations On Several Parts of Great Britain,
Particularly the Highlands of Scotland, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776

By William Gilpin

London; Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies. 1808. The Third Edition in Two Volumes. Half leather bindings with marble sides. pp xxviii, 221, viii, 195. [i]. Adorned with 40 wonderful plates over the two volumes.

CONDITION
A very good copy of the third edition, complete in contents and in very good condition. The bindings are good with a little cracking to the top outer joint of volume II. New endpapers have been applied to volume I but volume II has its originals. The pages are in very clean condition throughout and free from foxings, stains etc. All 40 plates present and in very good condition. The pages oppisite the plates have a little faint offsetting. Overall a very good clean copy of the third edition.

William Gilpin was an English artist, Anglican cleric, schoolmaster and author. He is best known as one of those who originated the idea of the picturesque.

Gilpin was born in Cumberland, the son of Captain John Bernard Gilpin, a soldier and amateur artist. From an early age he was an enthusiastic sketcher and collector of prints, but while his brother Sawrey Gilpin became a professional painter, William opted for a career in the church, graduating from Queen's College, Oxford in 1748.