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Loose sketch of a hasty walk from Minehead ... : manuscript
Title
Loose sketch of a hasty walk from Minehead ... : manuscript.
Production
Minehead, England, 1801 May.
Physical Description
1 volume (circa 50 pages)
Language
English
Notes
Title from title page.
Full title on title page: Loose sketch of a hasty walk from Minehead through Porlock, Coombe Martin, Ilfracombe, Barnstaple, South Molton, by North Molton, across the Forest of Exmoor, through Exford and Luckham, to Minehead / in May /1801 / by R. S.
Spine title: A walk from Minehead, 1801.
Binding: 20th century three quarter morocco, with marbled boards and gilt spine title.
Laid in: label from an exhibition, "Porlock Past and Present," place not identified, 1969 August 19-23.
In English.
Provenance
Ex libris Charles E. H. Chadwyck-Healey. Purchased from Ken Spelman on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection Fund, 2018.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Autograph manuscript diary, with brief revisions, written in an unidentified hand and signed "R. S.," describing a walking tour in 1801 May along the Bristol Channel in Devon and Somerset, England, with a manuscript map drawn by the author. Entries describe geology, other natural features, and the author's experience of the sublime in landscapes; towns, churches, and inns; agriculture; harbors and shipping; and social life. The author was accompanied by friends including "Mr. J. Symes, Junr.," possibly John Coles Symes (1785-1872), a son of Richard Symes, who was a surgeon in Bridgwater, England, and an acquantaince of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834 ) and Thomas Poole (1765-1837).
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
October 14, 2019
References
Loose sketch of a hasty walk from Minehead. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Loose sketch of a hasty walk from Minehead. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscript maps.
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