Otley 1823
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Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes,
by Jonathan Otley, 1823, published by Jonathan Otley,
Keswick, Cumberland, by Simpkin and Marshall, Stationer's
Court, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale,
Westmorland, 5th edn 1834.
The guide book has:- frontispiece, map; p.i title page, pp.iii-iv preface, pp.v-vii contents list; pp.1-90, description of lakes, tarns, rivers,warerfalls, mountains, crags, antiquities, placename elements, etc, illustrated by outline views of mountains and an engraving; pp.91-138 general directions for tourists, stages, itineraries and descriptive text; pp.139-182 notes on botany, geology, meteorology, floating island in Derwent Water, black lead mine at Seathwaite; pp.183-184 index. |
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| source type:- | Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) | |
| book feature:- | cloth bound (moire pattern cloth) & bookseller's label & frontispiece (map) & map & title page & preface & contents & descriptive text & illustrations & outline views (woodcuts) & itineraries & addenda (botany, geology, meteorology, black lead mine) & index | |
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printed title page
A / CONCISE DESCRIPTION / OF THE / ENGLISH LAKES, / AND ADJACENT / MOUNTAINS : / WITH / GENERAL DIRECTIONS TO TOURISTS; / NOTICES OF THE / BOTANY, MINERALOGY, AND GEOLOGY OF THE DISTRICT; / OBSERVATIONS ON METEOROLOGY; / THE FLOATING ISLAND IN DERWENT LAKE; / AND / THE BLACK-LEAD MINE IN BORROWDALE. / BY / JONATHAN OTLEY. / FIFTH EDITION. / KESWICK : / PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR; / BY SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, STATIONER'S COURT, / LONDON; / AND ARTHUR FOSTER, KIRKBY LONSDALE. / 1834. |
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[ EY ] / [ IDE] / [ ]O THE / [ K]E[S] / [ ]fth Ed[itio ] / [5s.] |
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ARTHUR FOSTER, PRINTER, KIRKBY LONSDALE. |
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| wxh:- | 12x19cm | |
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