UNCUT AND IN BOARDS

The Tour of Doctor Prosody, In Search of The Antique and The Picturesque through Scotland, The Hebrides, The Orkney and Shetland Isles.

London: Mathew Iley, Somerset Street, 1821.

Price: $1,350.00


About the item

First edition. 20 hand-colored aquatint plates drawn and engraved by C. Williams. W. Read, et al. 251 pp. Printed by Shackel and Arrowsmith, Johnson's Court. 1 vols. 8vo (255 x 167 mm.). UNCUT AND IN BOARDS. Bound in original drab boards, with original lending library warning label on upper cover. In half red morocco slipcase and chemise. Bookplate of Reuben Jay Flick and Harris Hollin. Tooley #433; Abbey Life 277.

Item #236882

This is a satire on Samuel Johnson"s Tour of the Hebrides.