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Book Description

1797, 1793, 1806, Exeter, printed by Trewman and Son, for Cadell, Johnson, and Dilly, London, folio, three volumes in one, pp xii, 329, (iv), ii, (ii), 382, (ii), 383-504, (i), engraved folding map after John Cary, 24 full-page copper plate engravings, extra-illustrated with a steel-engraved portrait of Polwhele, and some manuscript notes bound in towards the end, full calf by Hayday, gilt rules in compartments on the spine, lettered in gilt, gilt ruled boards, elaborate gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers.
AuthorThe Reverend Richard Polwhele, of Polwhele in Cornwall, and late of Christ-Church, Oxford.
Date1797, 1793, 1806
Bindingfull calf by Hayday, gilt rules in compartments on the spine, lettered in gilt, gilt ruled boards, elaborate gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers
PublisherExeter, printed by Trewman and Son, for Cadell, Johnson, and Dilly, London
ConditionSome repair work on the spine, but a very handsome and clean copy.
Pages329, 382, 383-504

Price: £1350.00

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