An Account of the Isle of Man, Its Inhabitants, Language, Soil, remarkable Curiousities, the Succession of its Kings and Bishops, down to the present Time. By way of Essay. With a Voyage to I-Columb-kill. To which is added, a Dissertation about the Mona of Caesar and Tacitus; and an Account of the Antient Druids, &c

William Sacheverell, Thomas Brown

Verlag: Printed for J Hartley, A Gibson; and Tho. Hodgson, London, 1702

Beschreibung

A fair copy of the 1st edition in contemporary panelled calf. The binding is complete but very worn with splitting at the joints; a lot of wear and loss to spine ends and corners; and leather surface loss to the boards. There is the armorial bookplate of Strickland Freeman Esq of Fawley Court, Bucks, 1810 to the front pastedown endpaper. Strickland Freeman was a landowner and sportsman, and author of a number of works on horsemanship. Contents with title; dedication 4pp; preface 2pp; introduction 7pp; text pp 1-122; voyage to I-Columb pp 123- 144; title A Short Dissertation by Thomas Brown and text 147-175; errata; advert on final page. The contents are very clean and sound with lightly toned paper. There is occasional scholarly annotation.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 032979

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: An Account of the Isle of Man, Its Inhabitants, Language, Soil, remarkable Curiousities, the Succession of its Kings and Bishops, down to the present Time. By way of Essay. With a Voyage to I-Columb-kill. To which is added, a Dissertation about the Mona of Caesar and Tacitus; and an Account of the Antient Druids, &c
• Verlag: Printed for J Hartley, A Gibson; and Tho. Hodgson, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1702
• Einband: Full-Leather
• Auflage: 1st Edition
• Zustand: Fair
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