Select Views in Great Britain. Engraved by S. Middiman, from Pictures and Drawings by the most eminent Artists. With descriptions.
Publisher/ Year:
London, Middiman, circa 1788
Size:
20.5 x 28.0 cm (8.1 x 11.0 inches), Oblong 4to
Collation:
36 p
Illustrations:
engraved title, 36 engravings
Cover:
Full leather binding with gilt on spine (Corners of cover with some defects, joints cracked)
36 engraved plates by Samuel Middiman. Between the plates a text leave with french and english description. Plates are dated 1784 - 1788. Copper-engraved calligraphic title-page by Shepherd.
Textblock has some browning.
About the Author/ Artist: Samuel Middiman: This gentleman is an engraver of eminence, in the department of landscape. His productions, which are numerous, are remarkable for their spirit and fidelity. In 1811, he published, in two quarto volumes, an elegant work, in titled "Picturesque Views and Antiquities of Great Britain." Of the plates which compose this work, many are engraved from his own drawings. (A new biographical dictionary of ... contemporary public characters. 1825)
