Description
1st Edition. 12mo., Contemporary half green leather over marbled boards, gilt spine decorations, marbled endpapers. 16x10x7 cm. Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme. London. 1807. xv, 308; xii,398; viii, 394 pp. Very good, hinges splitting but still firmly attached, top edge darkened. A tale of an imaginary Spanish tourist’s travels in England used as a vehicle for Southey’s commentary on English culture. Bookplate of James Tomkinson of Willington on pastedowns. Tomkinson was High Sheriff of Cheshire and later a Member of Parliament. Somewhat uncommon in the first edition. weight: 2.0 lb.
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