Author: Ireland, Samuel.
Title: PICTURESQUE VIEWS OF THE UPPER, OR WARWICKSHIRE AVON, From its Source at Naseby to its Junction With the Severn at Tewkesbury: With Observations on the Public Buildings, and Other Works of Art in its Vicinity.
Description: London: Published by R. Faulder ..., 1795. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. 238 x 158mm. xviii + 284pp. + Errata. 32 sepia aquatint portraits, map, ills. Some very light browning, discreet initials to half title, marbled e.ps., with the armorial bookplate of John Holmes, inner gilt dentelles, contemporary diced calf with intricate gilt tooling to edges and a spray of gilt lilac to each corner, corners sl. rubbed, sympathetically rebacked in modern calf with gilt tooled bands and motifs and gilt lettering. ¶ ESTC T79991 ‘Also issued in large paper edition.’ Abbey Scenery 427; Prideaux, pp.271 and 341; Upcott 1277; Samuel Ireland (d.1800) author and engraver, father of William Henry, forger of Shakespeare manuscripts. ‘... [the above work] was derived from a tour which had allowed him free imaginative rein in the obsessional domain of Shakespeare memorabilia. The Confessions (1805) of his son William Henry Ireland record Ireland's gullibility in accepting spurious Shakespearian legends and objects ...’ ODNB.

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; ENGLAND


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