Travels in England, Scotland, and The Hebrides; Undertaken for the Purpose of Examining The State of The Arts, The Sciences, Natural History and Manners, in Great Britain: [...] In Two Volumes with Plates.
Travels in England, Scotland, and The Hebrides; Undertaken for the Purpose of Examining The State of The Arts, The Sciences, Natural History and Manners, in Great Britain: [...] In Two Volumes with Plates.
Travels in England, Scotland, and The Hebrides; Undertaken for the Purpose of Examining The State of The Arts, The Sciences, Natural History and Manners, in Great Britain: [...] In Two Volumes with Plates.

Travels in England, Scotland, and The Hebrides; Undertaken for the Purpose of Examining The State of The Arts, The Sciences, Natural History and Manners, in Great Britain: […] In Two Volumes with Plates.

  • Faujas de Saint Fond, Barthélémy
  • London: Printed for James Ridgeway 1799
  • ESTC T132301.

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FIRST EDITION, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. [iii]-viii, iii, [i], 361, [1]; viii, 352 + frontispiece to each volume and 5 plates. Half-title to vol. 1 discarded. Later half calf, marbled boards, spines divided by double gilt rules and lettered direct in gilt, edges red. Some offsetting from plates, a little spotting. Sometime rebacked preserving backstrips, a little rubbed. Several errata corrected in a neat hand.

Notes

The first English edition of geologist and traveller Faujas de Saint-Fond's account of his travels around Britain, undertaken in 1786 but not published in French until 1797. He is credited with being the first to recognise the volcanic origin of the rocks at Fingal's Cave on Staffa. In this copy, two of the plates have been bound as frontispieces instead of their more usual position within the text.

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