Macve Jennifer (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Glossy covered, stapled booklet with a reproduction aquatint on the front and photograph on the rear. A history and guide to Hafod and it's walks. Fully illustrated in colour and b/w with a map of the estate and the different walks as a centre spread. Inludes an updated sheet about Mrs Johnnes's Flower Garden.…

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 52pp, illustrated, bound in fine illustrated card covers; Quarto.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st thus 1996. Slightly better than very good condition. At the close of the eighteenth century, the isolated Cardiganshire estate of Hafod was an essential destination for the early tourist in Wales. Its owner, Thomas Johnes (1748-1816), transformed the wild country into a paradise, practising the most advanced Picturesque landscaping of his day. An Attempt to Describe Hafod, published in 1796, provided the fullest account of the aesthetic experience of Hafod, as viewed from Johnes' extensive walks. Its author, George Cumberland, was a close friend of Johnes. This edition is produced to mark the 200th anniversary of its first publication, the original text and map are reproduced in facsimile. Also an introductory essay by Donald Moore. Cream cardwraps. B/w illustrations. viii and 50 numbered pages. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Jones, Thomas (illustrator). …