Shelfmark
Cg.2.3.03 - Cg.2.3.06
Author
Title
A tour in Wales. Vol. I [- II].
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for Benjamin White, 1784.
Physical description
2v, plates : ill. ; 4to.
Note
By Thomas Pennant, who signs the advertisement.
Note
Vol. II (bound in two vols.) consists of two works, with title-pages reading "The journey to Snowdon", and "A tour in Wales, MDCCLXX. Vol. II." both with imprint "Printed by Henry Hughes", and dates 1781 and 1783 respectively. "The journey into Snowdon" was sometimes published as part of Vol. II of "A tour in Wales".
Citation/references note
ESTC T213985
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Vol. 1. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Thomson-Gale, 2005. 1 reel ; 35 mm. Unit 426. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 14883, no. 04).
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Vol. 2. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Thomson-Gale, 2005. 1 reel ; 35 mm. Unit 426. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 14884, no. 01).
Provenance
Storer bequest label dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Provenance
Given to Storer by T. Pennant?
Binding
18th century red, gold-tooled morocco.
Copy-specific note
One of twelve large paper copies published by Pennant of "A tour in Wales", excluding "The journey to Snowdon"; ten large paper copies of "The journey to Snowdon" were published by Mr. Chiswell, though Cg.2.2.05 is a small paper edition, and not one of them (see instead Cg.2.2.07). Information on copies from ms. annotations, signed by Storer and dated June 12th 1792, on flyleaf of Cg.2.2.03.
Copy-specific note
Bound in four vols.
Copy-specific note
Extra-illustrated with many engravings, some coloured, and watercolours (many by Moses Griffiths).
Copy-specific note
An ms. memorandum in Storer's hand has been inserted at vol. I, part I, p. 98.
Subject
Wales Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
White, Benjamin, fl. 1785 - 1798 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B14027