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Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes,
by Jonathan Otley, 1823, published by Jonathan Otley,
Keswick, Cumberland, by John Richardson, Royal Exchange,
London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland,
4th edn 1830.
The book is cloth bound. It has:- map as frontispiece, title
page, preface, contents list; pp.9-180 descriptive text
including outline views, itineraries, notes on botany,
geology, meteorology, and the black lead mine at Seathwaite.
Note that the prefatory matter is pp.i to viii, and text
pages start at 9 not 1.
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inscription:-
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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. / FOURTH EDITION. /
KESWICK : / PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR; / BY JOHN RICHARDSON,
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON; / AND ARTHUR FOSTER, KIRKBY
LONSDALE. / 1830.
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