PENNANT, Thomas. A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII. Chester: John Monk, 1774. 4° (208 x 177mm). Title with engraved vignette, dedication to Joseph Banks, 44 engraved plates (one plate cropped at left hand edge, plate XXV misbound, occasional light spotting). Contemporary calf gilt (joints split, rubbed and scuffed). Second edition. Lowndes V, 1823. PENNANT, Thomas. A Tour in Scotland MDCCLXXII. Part II. London: Benjamin White, 1776. 4° (220 x 180mm). Title with engraved vignette, 47 engraved plates (one plate cropped at right hand edge, occasional light spotting, library stamps to versos of plates). Contemporary diced calf gilt (joints split, rubbed and stained). Later edition. With Thomas Pennant's A Tour from Downing to Alston-Moor (London, 1801), the same authors' A Tour from Alston-Moor to Harrowgate, and Brimham Crags (London, 1804), W. Hutchinson's A View of Northumberland (Newcastle, 1778, 2 vols.), Charles Cordiner's Antiquities & Scenery of the North of Scotland, in a Series of Letters to Thomas Pennant (London, 1780), Robert William Billings's Architectural Illustrations and Description of the Cathedral Church at Durham (London, 1843), Benjamin Poole's Coventry: Its History and Antiquities (London, 1870), Edward Baines's Yorkshire, Past and Present (London, [1871-77], 2 vols. in 4), and 2 other topographical books of Welsh interest. The lot sold not subject to return. (15)
PENNANT, Thomas. A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII. Chester: John Monk, 1774. 4° (208 x 177mm). Title with engraved vignette, dedication to Joseph Banks, 44 engraved plates (one plate cropped at left hand edge, plate XXV misbound, occasional light spotting). Contemporary calf gilt (joints split, rubbed and scuffed). Second edition. Lowndes V, 1823. PENNANT, Thomas. A Tour in Scotland MDCCLXXII. Part II. London: Benjamin White, 1776. 4° (220 x 180mm). Title with engraved vignette, 47 engraved plates (one plate cropped at right hand edge, occasional light spotting, library stamps to versos of plates). Contemporary diced calf gilt (joints split, rubbed and stained). Later edition. With Thomas Pennant's A Tour from Downing to Alston-Moor (London, 1801), the same authors' A Tour from Alston-Moor to Harrowgate, and Brimham Crags (London, 1804), W. Hutchinson's A View of Northumberland (Newcastle, 1778, 2 vols.), Charles Cordiner's Antiquities & Scenery of the North of Scotland, in a Series of Letters to Thomas Pennant (London, 1780), Robert William Billings's Architectural Illustrations and Description of the Cathedral Church at Durham (London, 1843), Benjamin Poole's Coventry: Its History and Antiquities (London, 1870), Edward Baines's Yorkshire, Past and Present (London, [1871-77], 2 vols. in 4), and 2 other topographical books of Welsh interest. The lot sold not subject to return. (15)
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