Author: Prout, Samuel (1783-1852)
Title: A New Drawing-Book, in the Manner of Chalk, Containing Twelve Views in the West of England (Glastonbury. Tavistock. Lynmouth. Exmouth. East-Bourne. Ide. Chagford. Exeter. Pennycross. Dartmoor. ) First Edition
Description: London: Ackermann, 1821. Oblong folio. 11 x 15 inches. Original printed wraps with small losses. Soft-ground etchings. Lowndes, IV, p. 1983 A series of twelve plates of black and white soft-ground etchings, originally published by Rudolph Ackermann on 1 January 1819, and published as a drawing book with a different title in 1821; the cover is lettered: 'A new drawing-book, in the Manner of Chalk, containing Twelve Views in the West of England; Glastonbury. Tavistock. Ditto. Lynmouth. Exmouth. East-Bourne. Ide. Ditto. Chagford. Exeter. Pennycross. Dartmoor. Drawn and Engraved by Samuel Prout. Price Twelve Shillings. London: Published by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand, and may be had of all the book and print-sellers in the United Kingdom. Printed by L. Harrison, 373, Strand. 1821.'; with list of Ackermann's other publication inside front and back covers, and adverts for art materials on back cover. .

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