Author: Malkin, Benjamin Heath.
Title: THE SCENERY, ANTIQUITIES, AND BIOGRAPHY OF SOUTH WALES, From Materials Collected During Two Excursions in the Year 1803.
Description: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme ..., 1807. 2nd Ed. with Additions. 2 vols. xi + 475pp. + [xxii] + T.p. + 555pp. Engraved frontiss. Light browning, presentation inscription to flyleaves, ex.-South Devon Lib. with large ink stamps to t.ps., modern e.ps., amateur rebind in modern leather backed marbled boards, gilt lettered labels to spines. ¶ Benjamin Heath Malkin (1769-1842). The above work first published in 1804, was described by R.T. Jenkins as ‘by far the best of the old travel books on South Wales - acute, and interesting in its observation, usually tolerant in its judgements, with a substantial knowledge of Welsh history and (up to a point) of Welsh literature.’

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; WALES


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