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HARRIET MARTINEAU'S GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH LAKES ILLUSTRATED 5/-

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Embossed cover, gold on red:-
HARRIET MARTINEAU'S Guide to WINDERMERE & THE OTHER ENGLISH LAKES
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COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH LAKES
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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.
This is the 'true' second edition as noted by Bicknell.
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.
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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)
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