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[FINE BINDINGS]. GILPIN, William (1724-1804). Sermons Preached to a Country Congregation… London: T. Dadell, 1822. 8vos. 4 volumes. Bound to style in modern full brown calf, boards triple-ruled in blind, spines tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, brown and dark brown gilt morocco lettering labels, gilt board edges (spines a bit sunned, rubbed, occasional scuffing to boards, some foxing in text). Fine. NEW EDITION, printed posthumously. Gilpin was a clergyman and travel writer; he is credited with originating the idea of the “picturesque.”