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FIRST EDITION. 4to. (26.25 x 20.5 cm). pp.vi+[2, contents, directions to the binder]+288. Original raspberry blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, yellow-coated endpapers, all edges gilt. 48 aquatinted plates and title-page vignette with original hand-colouring. Ex libris Christopher Harrison with his bookplate to front pastedown and manuscript annotation beneath "Colonel of the 11th Hussars Prince Albert's Regiment".* Binding with minor scuff marks and small stain to upper cover. Ackermann's intention was to combine the "most striking features of the various kinds of scenery of the lakes, executed by able artists in a style worthy of the subject" with "a description of all that is interesting and remarkable in the nature and appearance of the country. combining a judicious selection from the labours of former writers. with much new and original information" (publisher's introduction). Of the plates 35 are after Fielding, 12 after James Walton, his brother-in-law, and one after Westall. *The 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army established in 1715. It saw service for three centuries including the First World War and Second World War but then amalgamated with the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales' Own) to form the Royal Hussars in 1969. (Abbey Scenery, 192; Tooley, 219).…