Lot 261 , LAKE DISTRICT: [West, Thomas.] A Guide to the Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, seventh edition, 1 engraved plate of Grasmere, engraved folding map, ‘Addenda’, 3pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear, ne

° LAKE DISTRICT: [West, Thomas.] A Guide to the Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, seventh edition, 1 engraved plate of Grasmere, engraved folding map, ‘Addenda’, 3pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear, near contemporary marbled calf, black morocco lettering piece, London, for W.J. and J. Richardson, 1799, 8vo. Sold with W. Hutchinson’s ‘An Excursion to the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cumberland’, 1776, and William Gilpin’s ‘Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, made in the Year 1772… particularly the Mountains and Lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland’, 2 vols., 1788, and [Samuel Jefferson’s] ‘The History and Antiquities of Carlisle’, 1838, and ten more related volumes (15).
£70-100

Condition:
West- plate trimmed to margin, offsetting to title, sm. crease to map, gen. clean, good copy, minor wear to spine ends, (1), x, 311, (3)pp.; Hutchinson- lacking front blank and half-title, inc. errata to rear, marginal loss to title-page, 19 folding plates as called for, occasional damp-staining.

Sold for £180