[Maps of the lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire.]
[Maps of the lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire.]
[Maps of the lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire.]

[Maps of the lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire.]

  • Crosthwaite, Peter
  • London: Published as the act directs... and sold by Peter Crosthwaite, the Author, at his Museum Keswick. Republished with other additions 1794

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8vo, 7 folding maps (no title-page or letterpress, as issued). Contemporary quarter sheep, marbled boards, corners tipped in vellum. Some toning and spotting, most maps splitting to folds, several sections detached but present, a few other closed tears. Extremities worn, spine largely defective, leather heavily rubbed.

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The third edition of this scarce collection of the maps sold by Peter Crosthwaite at his museum in Keswick, initially published in 1783 and reprinted with updates and additions into the nineteenth century. Crosthwaite (1735-1808) established his museum at the very beginnings of the tourist trade to the Lake District, and the maps feature notable building elevations and other miscellanea as well as the outlines of and roads around the lakes themselves. The maps were also sold individually and in this compiled form are complete without letterpress or any form of title-page.

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