A Tour Through The Whole Island Of Great Britain
by Defoe , Daniel
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Palestine, Texas, United States
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About This Item
The Folio Society, 2006. Hardcover. Fine. Neil Gower. As new in an as new slipcase . Edited by P. N. Furbank , W. R. Owens , and A. J. Coulson. Maps by Neil Gower . Very helpful introduction by the editors . Profusely and beautifully illustrated . defoe's work was first published between 1724 and 1726 . This edition follows the edition published by Yale University in 1991 . Bound in heavy decorative buckram with the front board illustrated by a map of England and Wales drawn by Herman Moll in 1724 . The book is housed in a Fine slipcase illustrated by a painting of Dixton House Manor by a member of the English School , about 1715 . The beautiful title page illustration is View Of The Thames From Richmond Hill painted by Peter Tilleman , 1720 - 1723 . Extensive notes . Biographies of the artists . A splendid book .
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- Bookseller
- The History Place (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- A Tour Through The Whole Island Of Great Britain
- Author
- Defoe , Daniel
- Illustrator
- Neil Gower
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Date Published
- 2006
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