History of the Isle of Wight

PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
Printed for J. Albin by Scatchard and Whitaker, London.

BINDING

Half bound leather and marbled boards. Banded spine, title patch with gilt lettering.

BOOK CONDITION
Boards have general wear and scuffing, especially to spine. Printed pages have some browning but are mainly clear and little marked otherwise. Title page is more stained, with some creasing and a couple of tiny tears and looks like it has been reattached at some point. Hinge split behind this. A large folded facsimile of a contemporary map has been attached opposite the title page at a much later date to replace the missing original.

DUST JACKET
No.

EDITION
1795.

DESCRIPTION
An attractive volume with marbled endpapers and block edges. Aforementioned attached map. 670 pp. Octavo.

SYNOPSIS
A wide ranging history of the Isle of Wight, which claimed on publication to be in every way superior to any earlier work.