North of England tour.- Pridden (John, antiquary and architect, 1758-1825) A Pedestrian Tour to the North of England in the Summer of 1779... by Henry Manningham Esq and... John Pridden..., autograph manuscript, title and 645pp. including c. 100 pencil and pen and ink drawings, c. 50 engravings and 23 maps, all laid down, browned, bound in 19th century half calf, rubbed, gilt spine, 2 black morocco labels, gilt, 4to, 1779 but assembled c. 1810-20. ⁂ Lake District. "Cataract near Amblesyde. By the direction of Mr. Penny's (of Penney bridge) servant we were conducted above a mile up the woody declivity of a Hill behind the Inn, where we saw a most amazing cascade... it tumbled from from rock to rock, & dashed thro' rough & craggy channel to the town of Amblesyde with a mighty sound, which shook the air... ." - Pridden. An exceptional record of the towns and countryside of late eighteenth century England. Clearly assembled by Pridden at a later date into the present album, the volume contains pages of his original note book, passages from it reworked at a later date. The tour took him and Manningham from Oxford to Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Westmoreland, Cumberland, Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire.
North of England tour.- Pridden (John, antiquary and architect, 1758-1825) A Pedestrian Tour to the North of England in the Summer of 1779... by Henry Manningham Esq and... John Pridden..., autograph manuscript, title and 645pp. including c. 100 pencil and pen and ink drawings, c. 50 engravings and 23 maps, all laid down, browned, bound in 19th century half calf, rubbed, gilt spine, 2 black morocco labels, gilt, 4to, 1779 but assembled c. 1810-20. ⁂ Lake District. "Cataract near Amblesyde. By the direction of Mr. Penny's (of Penney bridge) servant we were conducted above a mile up the woody declivity of a Hill behind the Inn, where we saw a most amazing cascade... it tumbled from from rock to rock, & dashed thro' rough & craggy channel to the town of Amblesyde with a mighty sound, which shook the air... ." - Pridden. An exceptional record of the towns and countryside of late eighteenth century England. Clearly assembled by Pridden at a later date into the present album, the volume contains pages of his original note book, passages from it reworked at a later date. The tour took him and Manningham from Oxford to Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Westmoreland, Cumberland, Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire.
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