Volume 1

A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France, made in the autumn of l789 / By Samuel Ireland...the second edition, with additions; and an entire new set of copper-plates in aqua-tinta, from drawings made on the spot.

  • Samuel Ireland
Date:
[1796]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France, made in the autumn of l789 / By Samuel Ireland...the second edition, with additions; and an entire new set of copper-plates in aqua-tinta, from drawings made on the spot. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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