Author: Fenton, Richard.
Title: A HISTORICAL TOUR THROUGH PEMBROKESHIRE.
Description: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1810. 1st Ed. 4to. [ii] + 587pp. + 75pp. + [viii] Index + [iv]. With 8pp. Subscribers. Port. frontis., engraved t.p., 30 engraved plates, folding map. [Lacking contents to front]. Signature Tt & U with repaired tear and loss to leading corner, occasional pencil markings to margins, ownership inscription of Eliza Attwood to pastedown and head of title page, light browning, hinges taped, contemporary mottled calf, loss to edges, some surface wear, extremities and joints rubbed, rebacked with original gilt tooled worn spine laid down. ¶ Richard Fenton (1746-1821), topographical writer and poet was born at St. David's Pembrokeshire. A Lawyer by profession he is chiefly remembered for the above work. ODNB ‘... His books and journals, more tour literature than history, are entertaining reading, being an attractive mixture of accurate reporting and recording interspersed with personal descriptions of scenery and accounts of oral history, local legends, and substantial alfresco meals ...’

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