A General Account of all the Rivers of Note in Great Britain; with Their Several Courses, Their Peculiar characters, the Countries Through Which They Flow, and the Entire Sea Coast of Our Island; Concluding with a Minute Description of the Thames.

Skrine, Henry

Published by T. Bensley, 1801

About this Item

412pp. 1801. First edition. 8vo. Bound in contemporary or near contemporary half leather (calf) with marbled boards and two gilt embossed black title blocks to the spine. Five raised bands to the spine. The textblock remains very clean and tight with all 17 map plates present. Sadly missing the folding frontispiece. It does have an oval print of Henry Skrine - probably albumen and therefore dating from 1850 pasted to the preliminary blank page with the author's name (Henry Skrine Esqre) below in a neat black ink nineteenth century hand. Very occasional light foxing (probably heaviest - and in no way heavy to the title page) and some light offsetting from the map plates. No half-title page. Some staining - probably caused by a binder's glue to the front paste-down. The author title block a little chipped to one margin - no loss of text. A light bump to the leading board edge. The book remains firmly bound. A very nice well preserved copy but for the loss of the folding frontispiece.

Seller Inventory # 231413

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A General Account of all the Rivers of Note in Great Britain; with Their Several Courses, Their Peculiar characters, the Countries Through Which They Flow, and the Entire Sea Coast of Our Island; Concluding with a Minute Description of the Thames.
• Publisher: T. Bensley
• Publication Date: 1801
• Binding: Half Leather
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good Minus
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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  • Topography - British