The History Of Little England Beyond Wales,.
Bound in original brown cloth, gilt, with blind stamped decorations and borders on boards and gilt decorative bands on spine. All edges deckled. Extremities worn, damp stains on lower boards, Hinges starting to crack. Good interior. Bookplate of Joseph Prestwich, with badge and motto and gift inscriptions of Lady Prestwich, on title page and front pastedown, 1896. These may relate to Sir Joseph Prestwich, geologist and businessman (who lived at Darent Hulme, near Shoreham, Kent from 1865), who was knighted in 1896 shortly before his death and his wife (who may have dispersed part of his library at that time).
£75.00
Publisher
George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. Tenby: F. B. Mason, 'Observer' Office.,
Place
London
Date
1888
Synopsis
And the non-kymric colony settled in pembrokeshire.
Item Description
4to. 9 x 11.5 inches. xvi + iv + 458 pp. + [2].
Illustrations
Illustrated by 20 engraved plates, including frontispiece, 10 of them folding, 1 folding table, and by numerous engravings in text.
Notes
A detailed history of Pembrokeshire by Edward laws (1837-1913), which was reprinted by Dyfed County Council, Haverfordwest, in 1995. It includes appendices on dialect and short pedigrees of local families.
[Stock No. 16663]
Subjects
19th Century • British • History • Topography • Wales