The Cambrian Traveller's Guide, in Every Direction;

[NICHOLSON George - editor] 1760-1825

Published by George NICHOLSON. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown etc, Stourport: London., 1813

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VG+, 1st ed, 1813, 1 coloured map. In quarter morocco over blue marbled boards. Spine, gilt tooling, gilt titles to red calf label. Internally, map frontis, [3], (v-xiii), 1479 pp (2 columns per page-4 pages per leaf), 1 large folding map by S.J. Neele(coloured, with skilled paper repair), woodcut to tp and other small illustrations, evidence of removed bookplate to fpd, text block edges reddened, new endpapers, some light spotting to first few leaves, some light offsetting to a few leaves. 1st edition was in 1808 and with a slightly different title.(8vo, 132*221 mm). (Anderson 335). Title continues: The Cambrian Travellers Guide in every direction containing remarks made during many excursions in the Principality of Wales, and bordering districts, augmented by extracts from the best writers. Nicholson, printer, whose monument in the churchyard was inscribed: 'The subject of this memorial was a man of strict integrity, expansive mind, devoted to the interests of literature, and a warm advocate of humanity'. See ODNB.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cambrian Traveller's Guide, in Every Direction
• Publisher: George NICHOLSON. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown etc, Stourport: London.
• Publication Date: 1813
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Second Edition Corrected and Enlarged
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1 kilogram
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