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The Scenery, Antiquities and Biography of South Wales,
by MALKIN Benjamin Heath 1769-1842
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Paternoster Row.: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Various. 2nd ed, 1807, 2 vols, 6 pls, VG. In half blue calf, blue cloth, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. Spines, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles, edges a little worn. Internally, blue marbled endpapers, no inscriptions, t.e.g,. Vol 1, B&W frontis, [5], (vi-xi), [1], [1], 2-475 pp, [1], [22] index, 3 pls (1 dated 1807), text watermarked 1806. Vol 2, tissue guarded frontis, 555 pp, 3 pls (1806 & 13), printed by T Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet St, London, watermarked 1806, first edition was published in 1804. (216*137 mm). (Lowndes 11457. Brunet 1343/3. Anderson 340 for 1st). Title continues: From materials collected during two excursions in the year 1803. Malkin, schoolmaster and his taste for the picturesque is to be seen in his topographical work The Scenery, Antiquities and Biography of South Wales, published in 1804 and reissued in a two-volume edition in 1807. Written after a tour of south Wales in 1803, it was one of the best travel books of its kind, displaying Malkin's acute observation and considerable knowledge of Welsh history. See ODNB for a full Bio.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004373
- Title
- The Scenery, Antiquities and Biography of South Wales,
- Author
- MALKIN Benjamin Heath 1769-1842
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
- Place of Publication
- London: Paternoster Row.
- Date Published
- 1807
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 3.53 lbs
- Keywords
- Malkin Wales Topography History
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