A descriptive guide to the English Lakes, and adjacent mountains: with notices of the botany, mineralogy, and geology of the district. Eigth edition. To which is added, an excursion through Lonsdale to the caves.
by OTLEY, Jonathan
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Keswick, Published by the Author,, 1849.. 1849 viii, 216, [4] p. Folding coloured map, 13 plates and numerous wood engravings in the text. Maroon cloth, embossed and gilt. Expertly rebacked preserving the original spine and blue tartan endpapers. Old damp stain to top corner of one plate, but overall a very good copy.
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- A descriptive guide to the English Lakes, and adjacent mountains: with notices of the botany, mineralogy, and geology of the district. Eigth edition. To which is added, an excursion through Lonsdale to the caves.
- Author
- OTLEY, Jonathan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Keswick, Published by the Author,
- Date Published
- 1849.
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