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Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, by John Richardson, Royal Exchange, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, 1st edn 1823.
The book binding is repaired with a new spine on older boards. It has:- frontispiece map, title page, preface, contents list; pp.1-130 descriptive text of lakes, tarns, rivers, mountains, crags, and antiquities, and directions for the tourist, with notes on geology, meteorology, the floating island in Derwent Water, and the black lead mine in Borrowdale.
There some errata on the fly leaf at the back.
source type:- Otley 1823 (1st edn 1823)
book feature:- frontispiece (map) & map & title page & preface & contents & descriptive text
inscription:- embossed spine
ENGLISH LAKES - OTLEY
inscription:- printed front cover
[ ] / Concise Descrip[ ]ion / OF [T ] / ENG[ I]SH LAKES. / The Mou[ ]ns in [their ]icin[ity ] / and the Roads by which they may b[e d ] / With E[ say ] / MINERALOG[ ] AND [GE]OLOGY, / ON [ ]OG[Y] / THE FLOATING IS[ ]AND ON DERWEN[ LAKE ] / A[ND] THE [BL]ACK-L[EA]D MINE IN BOR[ROWDA ] / AND [A] / MAP OF THE [DI T C ] / BY JON[ T N OT]LEY / [ ES C ] / [PU]BLI[ ] B[ ]HE [AU]THO[R] / JOHN RICHARDSON, ROYAL EXCHANGE, [L DO ] / AND A FOS[TER], K[ ]RK[BY] LO[N]SDALE. / [P]RICE FOUR SH[ILL]NGS AND [S NC ] / 1823.
inscription:- printed title page
A / CONCISE DESCRIPTION / OF / THE ENGLISH LAKES, / THE / Mountains in their Vicinity, / AND THE ROADS BY WHICH THEY MAY BE VISITED : / WITH REMARKS ON THE / MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY / OF THE DISTRICT. / BY JONATHAN OTLEY. / KESWICK : / PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. / BY J. RICHARDSON, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON; / AND A. FOSTER, KIRKBY LONSDALE. / 1823.
inscription:- printed rev of half title page
PRINTED BY ARTHUR FOSTER, KIRKBY LONSDALE
inscription:- printed foot of p.130
Printed by A. Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale.
wxh:- 11.5x19cm
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