A Picture of The Isle of Wight: Delineated Upon the Spot, In the Year 1793
PUBLISHER
Printed by C. Roworth, London.
BINDING
Half bound leather and marbled boards. Title patch with faded gilt lettering and banding.
BOOK CONDITION
In worn condition commensurate with age. Leather is scuffed, boards faded and scratched. Half the title patch is torn away. Binding feels reasonably tight, although flyleaf is loose. All other pages feel secure. Some foxing and browning affects mostly the outer leaves and block edges. Printed pages remain largely clear.
DUST JACKET
No.
EDITION
1794.
DESCRIPTION
A charming account of a tour of the Isle of Wight taken at the end of the eighteenth century. Daily excursions are colourfully described, capturing the quiet and mainly rural Island of the time, with tables of mileages between places of interest. 152 pp. Octavo.
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