The search for the picturesque : landscape aesthetics and tourism in Britain, 1760-1800
by Andrews, Malcolm
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- G+, covers show wear, foxing bottom edge, pages clean and tight
- ISBN 10
- 0804718342
- ISBN 13
- 9780804718349
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Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 1989. Softcover. G+, covers show wear, foxing bottom edge, pages clean and tight. Illustrated wrap cover. (xvi), 269 pages : illustrations. Includes index./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-247). Contents as follows: I: The rise of the Picturesque -- Poetry and the discovery of British landscape -- Landscape painting and the Picturesque formulae -- The evolution of Picturesque taste, 1750-1800 -- Travelling 'knick-knacks' -- II: The Picturesque tours -- The Wye Valley tour: river scenery and ruins -- The North Wales tour: mountains and bards -- The tour to the Lakes -- The Highlands tour and the Ossianic sublime.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
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- Title
- The search for the picturesque : landscape aesthetics and tourism in Britain, 1760-1800
- Author
- Andrews, Malcolm
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+, covers show wear, foxing bottom edge, pages clean and tight
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0804718342
- ISBN 13
- 9780804718349
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Stanford, Calif
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Travel, Britain ; Britain ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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