A Geographical and Statistical Description of Scotland (2 Volume set)

James Playfair

Verlag: Archibald Constable, 1819

Beschreibung

*** BOOKS; Matching set in generally very good and clean condition, except that the map bound into Volume I has been removed. Half bound brown cloth boards with leather backstrap and corners. Backstrap - 5 raised bands with gilt titles in black panels. Very strongly bound. Various ownerships in pencil on front endpapers. Bookplate of William Bruce Bannerrman on Vol I pastedown. The wealth of information is astonishing: "A General Survey of the Kingdom, its climate, mountains, lakes, rivers, products, population, manufactures, commerce, religion, literature, government, revenue, history. A Description of every County, its extent, soil, products, minerals, antiquities, seats, with an approximate table to each county: and, A Statistical account of every parish, accompanied by an accurate and elegant map of Scotland. To which are added several tables to illustrate the work." Volume I 527 pages, Volume II 427 pages. Both volumes are securely bound and very clean. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007595

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Geographical and Statistical Description ...

Verlag: Archibald Constable

Erscheinungsdatum: 1819

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition