A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End

An uncommon topographical study on Western Cornwall by John Ayrton Paris, complete with engravings. The second edition of this uncommon work.A topographical exploring of Western Cornwall, in particular focusing on Mount's Bay and Land's End, with notes on the botany, agriculture, fisheries, antiquities, mining, mineralogy, and geology of the county.Mount's Bay is a bay which, though benign in the summer, is somewhat treacherous in the winter, with more than 150 known wrecks occurring in the bay since the nineteenth century.Land's End is a headland to the west of the English Channel, the most westerly point of mainland England.Illustrated with a frontispiece and engraved title page. Collated, complete.By John Ayrton Paris, a physician who made one of the earliest observations of occupational causes of cancer. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Tear to the head of the front joint. Light bumping and wear to the extremities. Minor rubbing to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Good.…