The Present State of The Orkney Islands Considered, And an Account of The New Method of Fishing in the Coasts of Shetland. Published in 1775.

  • Fea, James
  • Edinburgh: William Brown 1884

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NO 20 OF 162 COPIES, 8vo, pp. [ii], vi, 160. Mostly unopened in original green boards, printed paper label to spine. Some scattered spotting. Label a little rubbed, spine somewhat toned. Bookplate of James Lumsden, Arden to pastedown, modern embossed ownership stamp to flyleaf, numbered and initialled in ink to limitation-page, original purchase receipt dated Jan 21st 1885 folded and loosely inserted.

Notes

A limited reprint of two rare 18th-century works on the Northern Isles, each recorded in their first edition by ESTC in just 2 locations. This copy retains its original purchase receipt from 'William Brown, antiquarian and fine art bookseller, and publisher' and is from the collection of James Lumsden (1851-1911), publisher in the firm of J. Lumsden and Son.

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