Author: Costello, Louisa Stuart.
Title: THE FALLS, LAKES AND MOUNTAINS OF NORTH WALES. With illustrations by Thomas and Edward Gilks from original sketches by D.H. McKewan.
Description: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1845. 1st Ed. Sm. 8vo. 221pp. + 32pp. publ. catalogue. Additional ills. t.p., 16 tinted lithographic plates, 3 plates, folding map, numerous ills. Some light browning and spotting, bound in remainder? brown cloth, some marking, gilt lettering to spine. ¶ ODNB ‘... By far the most appealing of Costello's publications are her accounts of tours in Britain and on the continent, such as [the above]. Well illustrated and lively they ‘combine graphic description with that kind of anecdotal archaeology which varies the narrative of travel and adventure’ (The Athenaeum) ...’

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; WALES


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