The lake country
1864, First Edition. London : Smith, Elder and Co. Good copy in contemporary gilt-decorated blue buckram boards, now somewhat dust-dulled overall. Corners bumped; joints and endbands somewhat worn and with minor tearing at head and tail. All edges gilt. Front hinge cracked, with mull and cloth joints holding quite secure. Some reader annotations and a sketch to p. 225. The interior remains otherwise notably tight, bright and clean throughout. Some final leaves have a minor crease to the lower corner. A well-preserved copy overall. Item #463001
Physical description; xxxix, [1], 350, [2] pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. Notes; With a map and one hundred wood-engraved illustrations drawn and engraved by W. J. Linton (1812-1897). Map printed on double leaf; signed: Drawn & engraved by J. Bartholomew. Contents: Appendices: I. Provincialisms of the Lake district — II. Botany — III. Geology — IV. Table of mountains, lakes, and waterfalls — V. Rainfall. Subjects; Lake District (England) Description and travel 19th century. Lake District (England) Social life and customs 19th century. Lake District (England) History. Cumbria (England) Description and travel. Cumberland (England) Description and travel. Westmorland (England) Description and travel. Natural history England Lake District. Geology England Lake District. Botany England Lake District. English language Dialects England Lake District. Wood-engraving, English 19th century Specimens.
Price: €85.00