Author: WOODFORDE Rev. James
Title: The Diary of a Country Parson: the Reverend James Woodforde. Edited by John Beresford. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
Description: Clarendon Press, Oxford,, [1981]. 5 vols., 8vo., with 5 frontispieces, 22 plates and a large folding map; navy cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Woodforde's account includes Oxford and the Somerset Curacies 1758-1776 and thereafter his residence in the Norfolk village of Weston Longeville. The set comprises Vol. I: 1758-1781; Vol. II: 1782-87; Vol. III: 1788-92; Vol. IV: 1793-1796; Vol. V: 1797-1802. Beresford's definitive edition was first published in five volumes between 1924 and 1931. Much-needed reissue of the first reprint of 1968. Cordeaux & Merry 158; Darroch & Taylor 3369; Pargellis & Medley 671.

Keywords: topography, oxfordshire, oxon, oxford, somersetshire, somerset, norfolk, weston longeville, woodforde, james woodforde, beresford, john beresford


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