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Creator:
Robertson, David, active 1794
Title(s):
A tour through the Isle of Man : to which is subjoined a review of the Manks history / by David Robertson, Esq.
Published/Created:
London : Printed for the author, by E. Hodson, Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar. Sold by Mr. Payne, News-Gate; Mess. Egertons, Whitehall; Whites, Fleet-Street; and Deighton, Holborn, 1794.
Physical Description:
[12], 235, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA670.M2 R63 1794+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA670.M2 R63 1794+ Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatint engravings by and after George Isham Parkyns.
A reissue of the 1794, 233-page edition. The democratical passage (p. 233-235) for which the author was prosecuted and imprisoned is present.
Last page blank.
English short title catalogue, T100101
BAC : British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 includes an added folding map of the Isle of Man. Engravings are uncolored. Bound in tree calf. Copy 2 has hand-colored illustrations. Bound in contemporary boards. Publisher's printed spine label: A tour through the Isle of Man. Price on Guinea in boards. Illegible ms. inscription dated 1795 on recto first free end paper. Annotations in ink on back fly leaf.
Subject Terms:
Deighton -- Bookseller
Egerton, Mess. -- Bookseller
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Hodson, E. -- Printer
Isle of Man -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Isle of Man -- History -- Early works to 1800.
Payne, Mr. -- Bookseller
Whites -- Bookseller
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1794.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1794.
Contributors:
Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750–approximately 1820, ill.
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