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Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
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8vo. 4.75 x 7.25 inches. iv + 248 pp. + 8 pp index. Contemporary calf with spine in compartments and contrasting maroon title label, gilt. Extremities worn and hinges beginning to crack. Some foxing and ink stains largely confined to end of volume. Illustrated with 3 folding copper engraved strip road maps. Published anonymously but known to be by Thomas Fisher (d. 1786). The scarce second edition, published in response to the growing numbers of tourists making their way to the Isle of Thanet to indulge in the new fad, 'Sea bathing'. Five editions were to be published by 1799. 'This very useful volume '- Smith. KENT THANET KENT - GUIDES 18TH CENTURY KENT. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 21975
Titel: THE KENTISH TRAVELLER'S COMPANION IN A ...
Verlag: Printed and sold by T Fisher; and Simmons and Kirkby, Canterbury., Rochester
Erscheinungsdatum: 1779
Zustand: ESTC T59029. Smith, p.80-81
Anbieter: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: ESTC T59029. Smith, p.80-81. 8vo. 4.75 x 7.25 inches. iv + 248 pp. + 8 pp index. Bound in recent half morocco over marbled boards with new endpapers; spine in compartments with raised bands, decorated gilt with gilt title. Two small margin holes on first two pages and some foxing; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated with 3 folding copper engraved strip road maps. Published anonymously but known to be by Thomas Fisher (d.1786). The scarce second edition, published in response to the growing numbers of tourists making their way to the Isle of Thanet to indulge in the new fad, 'Sea bathing'. Five editions were to be published by 1799. 'This very useful volume '- Smith. KENT THANET KENT - GUIDES FOLDING MAPS 18TH CENTURY KENT. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 23850
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