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Illustrations of the Natural Scenery of the Snowdonian Mountains...
by JONES Harry Longueville (1806-1870)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London and Cambridge: Charles Tilt, 1829. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. HL Jones. JD Harding. C Hullmandel Etc. 1829, VG+, 1st ed, 15 pls. In attractive full calf, Royal coat of arms and attractive gilt tooling to upper & lower boards, corners and edges bumped and worn. Spine replaced, faded, raised bands, gilt tooling and title. Internally, gilt tooling to turn ins, red marbled endpapers, binders stamp to ffep-Hayday, B&W frontis of Llyn Idwal, (viiii), 54 pp, with a further 14 B&W full sized plates, some very light offsetting, text block edges in gilt, with a fairly complete topographical description of Caernarvonshire, includes the Appendix which contains a list of the significations of the names of some remarkable places in Caernarvonshire translated into English from Welsh, a Table of Antiquities, and more importantly a Botanical List of Plants and where found, and finally A Table of Elevations, subscribers list, printed by Ibotson and Palmer, Savoy Street, Strand, London, some light offsetting. This a very nice copy of the rare Elephant Folio edition (17 * 14 inch). Jones, inspector of schools and antiquary, settled in Beaumaris, on Anglesey, to make a living by writing: he contributed twenty-six articles to Blackwood's Magazine between 1840 and 1849. In 1848 Kay-Shuttleworth appointed him her majesty's inspector (HMI) of church schools for the whole of Wales, a post which Jones used to urge the acknowledgment of the principality's distinctive needs. His passionate espousal of the Welsh language and its culture brought him into conflict with the education department. See ODNB for a full Bio. (Lowndes 1225. COPAC. WorldCat)
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004365
- Title
- Illustrations of the Natural Scenery of the Snowdonian Mountains...
- Author
- JONES Harry Longueville (1806-1870)
- Illustrator
- HL Jones. JD Harding. C Hullmandel Etc
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Tilt
- Place of Publication
- London and Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1829
- Size
- Elephant Folio - over 15" -
- Weight
- 5.07 lbs
- Keywords
- Snowdonia Caernarvon Topography North Wales Cambrian Harding Harry Longueville Jones scenery
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