the Author, 1820. 2nd. . Good. Small Octavo. " With descriptive accounts of the scenery, curiosities, and singular objects in that most interesting part of the County of Derby. Also containing a new theory for the ebbing and flowing well situated in Barmoor Clough, near Buxton". Embellished with nine engraved plates by the author (drawing master) including title and frontispiece. In original printed paper boards including advertisement to the rear cover, with a leather spine, all rather worn but soundly held together. There is a chip to the margin of the frontispiece which has been repaired with archivally safe tissue. Edges uncut. Internally in very good condition. Seller Inventory # RV004736

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Title: Picturesque Excursions in the High Peak of ...

Publisher: the Author

Publication Date: 1820

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 2nd Edition

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