A perambulation of the antient & royal forest of Dartmoor, and the Venville precincts, or a topographical survey of the antiquities and scenery; with notices of the natural history, climate, and agricultural capabilities, ... by ... Samuel Rowe, ...
Samuel Rowe (1793-1853)
Category
Books
Date
1856
Materials
Place of origin
Plymouth
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3114924
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], iv, 362 p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) . ill.., map . 8vo.. Manuscript annotations, particularly on map, & sketches on endpapers. - Pencil price '8/'. Provenance: Endpaper inscribed: 'Wilkinson Barcombe April 1857' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)]. - Blind-embossed stamp: 'Croydon bookseller Torquay'. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full red gilt-embossed cloth; as issued. Binder's ticket 'Bound by Westleys & Co. London'.
Makers and roles
Samuel Rowe (1793-1853), author C. F. Williams, illustrator