NORTH WALES; Including its Scenery, Antiquities, Customs, and Some Sketches of its Natural History; Delineated from Two Excursions Through all the Interesting Parts of that Country, During the Summers of 1798 and 1801.

Bingley, Rev. W.

Published by London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1804

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1st Ed. 2 vols. xx + 464pp. + xii + 450pp. + [ii]. Partially hand coloured folding map, engraved frontiss. 12pp. of sheet music. Some sporadic age toning and occasional spotting, some browning and offsetting to plates and map, blind inner dentelles, light marginal browning to e.ps., full contemporary tree calf, minor marking, edges rubbed with sl. wear to corners, joints cracking but firm, gilt ruled bands dec. gilt motifs and gilt lettered dark green leather title labels to browned and rubbed spines with sl. loss at head. William Bingley (1774 1823), naturalist and Church of England clergyman. ODNB . Bingley was a noted writer on botany, topography, and popular zoology. His travels in Wales while still an undergraduate formed the basis of his two-volume, illustrated, [the above], which includes a catalogue of Welsh plants . Additional postage may be necessary US$111.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NORTH WALES; Including its Scenery, Antiquities, Customs, and Some Sketches of its Natural History; Delineated from Two Excursions Through all the Interesting Parts of that Country, During the Summers of 1798 and 1801.
• Publisher: London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees
• Publication Date: 1804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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