Martineau 1855

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	Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 2nd edn 1855. The guide book has - descriptive text of The Lakes illustrated with engravings of scenes and outline views from drawings by T L Aspland engraved by W Banks, including itineraries; notes on weather; notes on the botany of mosses, ferns and flowering plants; a directory of the Windermere area; local advertisements; and a geological map of The Lakes by John Ruthven, 1855. This is the 'true' second edition as noted by Bicknell.
	source type:-	Martineau 1855 (2nd edn 1855)
	book feature:-	rebound (using old covers) & cloth bound & half title page & frontispiece & title page & preface (pp.i-iii) & contents (pp.i-ii) & index (pp.i-iv) & list of plates & errata & text (pp.1-206) & itinerary (in text) & directory (pp.207-233) & advertisements & plates (engravings) & map (geological map)
	inscription:-	embossed spine HARRIET / MARTINEAU'S / GUIDE / TO THE / ENGLISH / LAKES / ILLUSTRATED / 5/- gold on red
	inscription:-	embossed cover HARRIET / MARTINEAU'S / Guide to / WINDERMERE / & THE OTHER / ENGLISH LAKES gold on red
	inscription:-	printed half title page COMPLETE GUIDE / TO THE / ENGLISH LAKES
	inscription:-	printed title page A / COMPLETE GUIDE / TO THE / ENGLISH LAKES, / BY / HARRIET MARTINEAU, / ILLUSTRATED FROM DRAWINGS BY T. L. ASPLAND / AND W. BANKS, / And a Map Coloured geologically by John Ruthven. / TO WHICH ARE ADDED AN ACCOUNT OF THE / FLOWERING PLANTS, FERNS, AND MOSSES OF / THE DISTRICT, / AND A COMPLETE DIRECTORY. / / WINDERMERE : - JOHN GARNETT. / LONDON : - WHITTAKER & CO.
	inscription:-	printed reverse of title page WINDERMERE : PRINTED BY JOHN GARNETT. colophon
	inscription:-	printed preface p.i PREFACE / THE KNOLL, AMBLESIDE, / March 12, 1855. / ...
	wxh:-	11.5x17.5cm
	wxh, page:-	10x16.5cm
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