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, 6th edn 1837.
The guide book is rebound in cloth. It has:- frontispiece, map; title page, preface, contents list; pp.1-184 descriptive text, including itineraries, llustrated by outline views of mountains and an engraving, with notes on placenames, botany, geology, meteorology, floating island in Derwent Water, black lead mine at Seathwaite; and index. |
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| source type:- | Otley 1823 (6th edn 1837) | |
| book feature:- | frontispiece (map) & map & title page & preface & contents & descriptive text & illustrations & outline views & itineraries & addenda (placenames, 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. / SIXTH EDITION. / KESWICK : / PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR; / BY SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, STATIONERS' HALL COURT, / LONDON; / AND ARTHUR FOSTER, KIRKBY LONSDALE. / 1837. |
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printed foot of p.184
A. FOSTER, PRINTER, KIRKBY LONSDALE. |
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| wxh:- | 12x19.5cm | |
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