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PUGH, Edward.
Cambria Depicta: A Tour Through North Wales, Illustrated with Picturesque Views. By a Native Artist.
Pugh's drawings provide the most insight into life in North Wales since all other contemporary accounts were made by English writers. Pugh's landscapes 'reveal a wealth of local knowledge and how they dramatize some issues of great importance to Wales in his time - the effects of the enclosure of common lands; the effects of the war with France on the industry, and the condition of the poor; the need to develop and modernize the Welsh economy; the power of the great landowners.' A unique insight into life in North Wales in the late 18th and early 19th Century.
- Published
- London: W.Clowes.,1816.
- References
- Tooley 386; Abbey Scenery 521; Bobins II 704.
- Plates
- 55
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: W.Clowes.,1816.
- Ref
- 321
2 Volumes. [First Volume] Royal 4to (11" x 9".) Title page (v. Blank) + Preface pp. viii + Contents pp. xii + List of Plates pp. xv + Text pp.1- 476 some marginal spotting images very good. Lacking text pages 203 - 205. Housed in solander box of green cloth with a black leather label in gilt to spine. Bound without plates as published. [Second Volume] 47 of 71 BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL HAND COLOURED ENGRAVED AQUATINT AS LOOSE PLATES Taken from "Cambria Depicta" By EDWARD PUGH. Date 1816 + One engraved aquatint plates of South Stack Holyhead by W. Daniell + 15 various copper-engraved views of North Wales by Sparrow + 5 various copper-engraved views of North Wales by Angus Moses Griffith & others + 4 Maps of North Wales including Ellis's North Wales ca.1780 Denbigh by T. Kitchin ca.1780 and 2 maps by Saxton Kip of Flintshire & Denbigh date 1610. All plates & maps housed loose in contemporary morocco boards tooled in blind, with paneled gilt and decorative gilt corner-pieces. The spine is defective. Edward Pugh, a Welshman, described and drew the inhabitants views and customs for Cambria Depicta. He took ten years and walked between two and three thousand miles over one of the roughest districts of Great Britain. He died at Ruthin in 1813, three years before the book was finally published. *Rebinding and restoration work on this book was carried out by Ron Norman of Hartlepool. (Ronnorm@aol.com)* Coloured plates in order: **excluding maps** 1. A Fall of Rocks. 2. The Cnucht. 3. Cym Llyn Llydaw & Cym Llyn Glas. 4. View in Nant Nanhwynen. 5. Hugh Llwyd's Pulpit. 6. Vale of Festiniog. 7. The Sources of the Dee. 8. Cader Idris from Barmouth Heights. 9. Mary Thomas; The Fasting Woman. 10. Cader Idris and Craig-y-Derin. 11. Glyndwy's Parliament House. 12. Breddyn Mountains from Powis Castle Grounds. 13. Plimlimmon Mountain. 14. On the Severn, a few miles from Llanidloes. 15. View on the Virnwy Dolanag. 16. The Monuments of Jorwerth Drwn Dwn and St. Melangell. 17. Hallelujah Monument. 18. The Great Peat Mountains. 19. A visit to Cader Idris. 20. View between Barmouth & Dolgelley. 21. Darran Rhos y Gareg. 22. The Source of the Severn. 23. Nant-y-Bela. 24. The perilous situation of Robert Roberts. 25. Leolinus Magnus's Coffin. 26. Bethgelert Church. 27. Emma Dolben. 28. Pont-y-Cammau. 29. The Gates of Leeswood. 30. Nant-y-Ffridd Fall. 31. On the streamlet crossing Llangollen. *duplicate plate* 32. Cadnant. 33. View near the Loggerheads. *duplicate plate* 34. Pont Cysyllty Aqueduct. 35. An Overshot Mill near Caer Hun. 36. Frontispiece to Cambria Depicta. 37. Ogwen Bank. 38. The Estuaries of the Dee & Mersey. 39. View on the Elwy. 40. Conway Castle. 41. Moel Famma. 42. A Crumlech at Ysten Cegid. 43. Llanberis Lake. Wales. [Turner] 44. Part of the South Stack, Holyhead. [Daniell] 45. Nant Francon. 46. Denbigh. [Finden] 47. Duffryn-Alled in Denbigh-shire, the Seat of Phillip York Esqr. [Angus] 48. Pentraeth Chapel, Anglesea. [Hooper] 49. Bangor Church & Bridge. [Hooper] 50. Erthig, Denbighshire. [Evans] 51. Bryn Bella, or Mrs. Piozzi's House. 52. Snowdon in Caernarvonshire. [Sandby] 53. Caergwrle Castle. 54. On the streamlet crossing Llangollen. *duplicate plate* 55. View near the Loggerheads. *duplicate plate*
