1836-1837 Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales; Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales

Description

First Edition, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding

The first edition of these works, complete in two volumes.

These two works are detailed travel journals, written during the author's long excursions through Wales, with one volume focussing on North Wales, and the other focussing on South Wales.

Roscoe offers a unique view on Wales in the early nineteenth century in this work, as the landscape was changing with the end of the Industrial Revolution.

'South Wales' illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, one folding map, and forty-eight plates. Collated, complete.

'North Wales' illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, one folding map, and forty-eight plates. Collated, bound without one plate, 'Rescue of the Countess de Burgh'.

Written by Thomas Roscoe, an English author and translator. His other works include 'Gonzalo, the Traitor', 'The King of the Peak', and 'Legends of Venice'.

With engravings by William Radclyffe, David Cox, Edward Harding, Thomas Creswick, James Watson, George Cattermole.

Undated, dated from Jisc from copies held at the British Library.

One page of publisher's adverts to the rear of 'North Wales'.

Bound with a half-title to each volume.