Admirable Curiosities, Rarities, and Wonders, in England, Scotland, and Ireland, Being an Account of Many Remarkable Persons and Places; and Likewise of Battles, Sieges, Earthquakes, Inundations, Thunders, Lightnings, Fires, Murders, and Other Considerable Occurrences and Accidents, for Several Hundred Years Past. With the Natural and Artificial Rarities in Every County, And many other observable Passages; As they are Recorded by Credible Historians of Former and Latter Ages.

Richard Burton

Published by Machell Stace, Westminster, 1811

About this Item

An attractively bound collection of significant historical tales pertaining to various British counties, with woodcut illustrations throughout. In half calf binding with decorative cloth boards.A new edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece of the Great Harry and charming in-text woodcut portraits throughout the work.A wonderful collection of British historical narratives aimed at children. Written under Nathaniel Crouch's pseudonym of Richard Burton.Crouch was an English printer and bookseller who also wrote historical books. He was one of the first publishers to aim his books specifically at children.Although widely denounced by historians of the following centuries, he is now regarded as a figure of interest in the development of historiography.With a full index to the rear. In half calf binding and decorative cloth boards. Externally, smart with wear to the edges, heaviest to the spine head and tail. Marks to the leather. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned with scattered spotting, heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Very Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Admirable Curiosities, Rarities, and Wonders, in England, Scotland, and Ireland, Being an Account of Many Remarkable Persons and Places; and Likewise of Battles, Sieges, Earthquakes, Inundations, Thunders, Lightnings, Fires, Murders, and Other Considerable Occurrences and Accidents, for Several Hundred Years Past. With the Natural and Artificial Rarities in Every County, And many other observable Passages; As they are Recorded by Credible Historians of Former and Latter Ages.
• Publisher: Machell Stace, Westminster
• Publication Date: 1811
• Binding: Leather
• Illustrator: Not stated
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • British History