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A tour through the Isle of Man : to which is subjoined a review of the Manks history
Title
A tour through the Isle of Man : to which is subjoined a review of the Manks history / by David Robertson, Esq.
Published
London : Printed for the author, by E. Hodson, Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar. Sold by Mr. Payne, News-Gate; Mess. Egertons, Whitehall; Whites, Fleet-Street; and Deighton, Holborn, 1794.
Physical Description
[12], 235, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Local Notes
BAC : British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 includes an added folding map of the Isle of Man. Engravings are uncolored. Bound in tree calf. Copy 2 has hand-colored illustrations. Bound in contemporary boards. Publisher's printed spine label: A tour through the Isle of Man. Price on Guinea in boards. Illegible ms. inscription dated 1795 on recto first free end paper. Annotations in ink on back fly leaf.
Notes
Aquatint engravings by and after George Isham Parkyns.
A reissue of the 1794, 233-page edition. The democratical passage (p. 233-235) for which the author was prosecuted and imprisoned is present.
Last page blank.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 04, 2009
References
English short title catalogue, T100101
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Aquatints - 1794.
Aquatints - Hand-colored - 1794.
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