An Historical Description of the Zetland Islands. by Thomas Gifford - 1786

London: J Nichols, 1786 A very good copy of the scarce 1st edition, with the original Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica wraps and title page bound in. This was number XXXVII in the series of articles of British Topography and was taken from Thomas Gifford's manuscript and map of 1733. This particular copy has been recently rebound in half leather with marbled boards and gilt titles to spine and given new endpapers. There is the bookplate of John Davie Manson Robertson, a noted Orcadian book collector to the front pastedown. The original marbled paper wraps to the Britannica article are bound in. Contents: Bibliotheca title with note on verso; folding map; title; preface, contents and further preface pp xviii; text pp 1-68; appendix pp 69-99; finis; blank; Letter from Captain Thomas Preson; pp 101-104; marbled wrap. The contents are in very good clean condition. There is an ink stamp of R D Garson to the top of the title, pV of the preface and the back marbled wrap, and the signature of Evelyn H Garson to the front marbled wrap. There is a repaired edge tear to the Bibliotheca title and to the side margin of p 33. There is a small stain in the bottom margin of pp 4-8.