Ford 1839
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Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake
District, by William Ford, published by R Groombridge and
Sons, 5 Paternoster Row, London and by Charles Thurnam, 5
English Street, Carlisle, Cumberland, 5th edn 1850.
The book includes itineraries, and tables:- length, breadth and depth of lakes; elevations of mountains; heights of waterfalls; mail and coach routes; and the post route from Carlisle to London. It lacks the 3 plates of views and lake maps; the map of the Lakes is recorded separately. |
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| source type:- | Ford 1839 (5th edn 1850) | |
| book feature:- | bound in boards & map (pasted inside front cover) & title page & introduction (pp.iii-xiii) & text (pp.1-181) & itineraries & index (pp.183-190) | |
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embossed cover
FORD'S / GUIDE TO THE LAKES gold on green |
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printed title page
A DESCRIPTION OF SCENERY / IN / THE LAKE DISTRICT / INTENDED AS A / GUIDE TO STRANGERS. / BY THE REVEREND WILLIAM FORD, B.A. / FIFTH EDITION. / CAREFULLY REVISED, AND ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS AND PLATES. / 'After all, it is upon the mind which the Traveller brings along with him, that his acquisitions, / whether of pleasure or profit, must principally depend.' / / London : / R. GROOMBRIDGE AND SONS, 5, PATERNOSTER ROW. / CARLISLE : CHARLES THURNAM, 5, ENGLISH STREET. / 1850. / Price Three Shillings Plain, or Four Shillings with Maps Coloured. |
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printed head of body text
A DESCRIPTION / OF THE / LAKES IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. |
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printed p.190
CARLISLE : / PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF CHARLES THURNAM. colophon |
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| wxh:- | 11x17.5cm | |