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Some memoirs of the life and works of George Edwards, A tour through Monmouthshire and Wales made in the months of June and July 1774 and in the months of June and July and August 1777
by EDWARDS, George, WYNDHAM, Henry Penruddock
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- Hardcover
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1740 1ed Wyndham Tour in WALES & Monmouthshire Castles + Edward Science Memoirs
A curious pairing of two interesting 18th-century works – the 'Memoirs' of English naturalist George Edwards and Henry Wyndham's "Tour Through Monmouthshire and Wales".
Edwards studied birds and animals and covered them extensively in his writings which contains his descriptions of crocodiles and alligators, frog fish of Suriname, the Argus pheasant, the lynx, the Snake Eater bird, and others all of which included references to Carl Linneaus and his nomenclature.
The much more extensive portion of this book is dedicated to the report of Wyndham's 1774 and 1777 voyages through Wales and Monmouthshire. This book offers descriptions of iconic locations – castles, and cathedrals, and ruins mainly – and includes absolutely stunning engravings of the locations.
Item number: #20450
Price: $599
EDWARDS, George
Some memoirs of the life and works of George Edwards.
London : Printed for J. Robson, 1776.
**BOUND WITH**
WYNDHAM, Henry Penruddock
A tour through Monmouthshire and Wales made in the months of June and July 1774 and in the months of June and July and August 1777
Salisbury: printed and sold by Easton, 1781. First edition!
Details:
· Collation:
o Memoirs – [2], 38
4 plates
o Catalogue – 15, [1]
o Tour through Wales – [2], xii, 214
15 plates
Wanting Errata/final page
· Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Thomas Philip Earl de Grey
o Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, 3rd Baron Grantham, 6th Baron Lucas, KG, PC, FRS (born Robinson, later Weddell; 1781–1859), styled the Honourable Thomas Robinson until 1786 and Lord Grantham from 1786 to 1833, of Wrest Park in the parish of Silsoe, Bedfordshire, was a British Tory statesman. Motto: FOY EST TOUT
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; secure
· Size: ~12in X 9.75in (30cm x 25cm)
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- Title
- Some memoirs of the life and works of George Edwards, A tour through Monmouthshire and Wales made in the months of June and July 1774 and in the months of June and July and August 1777
- Author
- EDWARDS, George, WYNDHAM, Henry Penruddock
- Format/Binding
- Leather; secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- for J. Robson, printed and sold by Easton
- Place of Publication
- London, Salisbury
- Date Published
- 1740,1776, 1781
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1740 1ed Wyndham Tour in WALES & Monmouthshire Castles + Edward Science Memoirs, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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