IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800). Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire, Avon, London, 1795, 4to, 33 plates, attractively bound in contemporary calf, with a presentation note to The Earl of Avon [i.e. Anthony Eden] loosely-inserted. FIRST EDITION.

IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800).  Picturesque Views on 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. London: R. Faulder and T. Egerton, 1795. 4to (233 x 162mm). Tinted allegorical aquatint frontispiece incorporating a reclining figure of Shakespeare playing a lyre, map showing the course of the Avon [not called for in the list], 31 tinted aquatint and etched plates by Samuel Ireland, illustrations (some very light spotting and staining). FINELY BOUND in contemporary diced calf elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, some fading to spine and upper section of front cover, inner hinges a little weak). Provenance: "Presented to The Right Honourable The Earl of Avon, K.G., P.C., M.C. [i.e. Anthony Eden] by the Architect on the occasion of the opening of the Royal Spa Centre in the Borough of Royal Leamington Spa on the 15th of June 1972" (autograph note loosely-inserted, but once attached with adhesive tape). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Scenery 427; Brunet II, 688; Prideaux p.271; not in Hardie or Tooley.