A General Account of all the Rivers of Note in Great Britain; with their Several Courses, their Peculiar Characters, the Countries through which they flow, and the entire Sea Coast of Our Island; conc...

Skrine (Henry)

A General Account of all the Rivers of Note in Great Britain; with their Several Courses, their Peculiar Characters, the Countries through which they flow, and the entire Sea Coast of Our Island; conc...more

Description: FIRST EDITION; folding aquatinted frontispiece and 17 engraved maps; the odd spot but otherwise very good; pp.xx(for xviii)+412, 8vo., contemporary polished tree calf, gilt spine with black label; ownership inscription of William Sharrad of Langham, dated 1837.

Publication Details: London T. Bensley [...] for P. Elmsly 1801

Notes: An attractive copy of Skrine's riverine classic.

Bibliography: (Lowndes p.2411: Cox III/p.341: see also Cohen 'The Thames 1580-1980'p.178)