Author: Pennant, Thomas:
Title: A Tour in Wales.
Description: London: printed for Benjamin White, 1784. Second edition. 2 vols., 4to., pp. [viii], 488, [viii] + 29 plates; ii, [ii], 487, [vii], [ix] + 35 plates. Engraved title-page with vignette to each vol., plus additional title-page 'The Journey to Snowdon' to vol. 2. Plates as called for, vol.I plates XXIV and XXV misbound. Dampstaining to vol. I front endpapers and title, occasional light toning. Contemporary green straight-grain Morocco, spines gilt, plain gilt borders and dentelles, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Spines browned, joints a little rubbed, vol.I dampstained to lower half of each board, but good sound copies. Armorial bookplate to front paste-down each volume. Vol I.: A Tour in Wales. Vol. II. The Journey to Snowdon, plus Corrections and Additions to the first volume. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Pennant (1726–1798) undertook several tours throughout Wales in the early 1770s where his Welsh-speaking friend, the Revd John Lloyd of Caerwys gave his assistance with translations. ESTC T213985

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