Author: Rev. T. D. Fosbroke
Title: The Wye Tour, or Gilpin on the Wye , with Picturesque Additions
Description: Ross, W. Farror, 1826. Hardback. The scarce third edition of clergyman and antiquary Thomas Dudley Fosbroke's study of the course of the Wye. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, this work was adapted by Fosbroke from Rev. William Gilpin's 'Wye Tour', a work that went out of print in 1800.In this smart volume, Fosbroke reworks Gilpin's descriptions to be more suitable for a nineteenth century audience, with this cheaper and more compact edition proving enduringly popular.With a single leaf of advertisements to the rear, and the small bookplate of 'Alan John Jarvis' to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Discolouration of back strip, with loss of paper towards spine tail. Small losses to paper spine label. Marks to boards. Joints starting, with boards holding firm. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting throughout. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Keywords: river wye archaeological illustrations gilpin on the wye alan john jarvis archaeological illustrations Not Stated


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