A Walk Through Wales in August 1797 WITH Second Walk Through Wales

WARNER Rev Richard 1763-1857

Verlag: R Cruttwell. C Dilly., Bath & C Dilly. London, 1799

Beschreibung

2 Vols one, VG, 3rd, 1799 & 1799, 2nd ed, pls 3, map Illust 31, printers devices 25. In quarter cloth, blue boards, corners rubbed, some marks. Spine, no title, edges worn. Internally, half title, frontis, [7], (viii) only, [1], 2-238 pp, [2] adverts, 1 pl, map illust 15, printers devices 12. [2], half title, frontis, [7], (viii-x), [1], 2-365 pp, [1], [2] adverts, 2 pls, 16 illust maps, 13 devices. Paper watermarked 1798 & 1798, hinges strengthened, ink name to half title (Alexander W Bill), some offsetting & edge browning. (210*129 mm). (Allibone 2585. Lowndes 2844/5. Graesse 421). Titles are: A Walk Through Wales, in August 1797, 3rd edition, 1799 and A Second Walk through Wales in August and September 1798, 2nd edition, 1799. Warner, spent his vacation in August 1796 in Wales, walking from Bath to Caernarfon and back; he covered 36 miles on the first day and 462 miles in all, at an average of 26 miles a day. Naturally his tour included visits to antiquities, which he described in a series of letter. See ODNB for a full Bio. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 004593

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Titel: A Walk Through Wales in August 1797 WITH ...

Verlag: R Cruttwell. C Dilly., Bath & C Dilly. London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1799

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: GIRTON. ALKEN. BECKER. HUTLEY.

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: Third Edition