1740 1ed Wyndham Tour in WALES & Monmouthshire Castles + Edward Science Memoirs

1740 1^ed Wyndham Tour in WALES & Monmouthshire Castles + Edward Science Memoirs

A curious pairing of two interesting 18^th-century works – the ‘Memoirs’ of English naturalist George Edwards and Henry Wyndham’s “Tour Through Monmouthshire and Wales”.

Edwards studied birds and animals and covered them extensively in his writings which contains his descriptions of crocodiles and alligators, frog fish of Suriname, the Argus pheasant, the lynx, the Snake Eater bird, and others all of which included references to Carl Linneaus and his nomenclature.

The much more extensive portion of this book is dedicated to the report of Wyndham’s 1774 and 1777 voyages through Wales and Monmouthshire. This book offers descriptions of iconic locations – castles, and cathedrals, and ruins mainly – and includes absolutely stunning engravings of the locations.

Item number: #20450

Price: $599

EDWARDS, George

Some memoirs of the life and works of George Edwards.

London : Printed for J. Robson, 1776.

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WYNDHAM, Henry Penruddock

A tour through Monmouthshire and Wales made in the months of June and July 1774 and in the months of June and July and August 1777

Salisbury: printed and sold by Easton, 1781. First edition!

Details:

• Collation:
  • Memoirs – [2], 38
    • 4 plates
  • Catalogue – 15, [1]
  • Tour through Wales – [2], xii, 214
    • 15 plates
    • Wanting Errata/final page
  • Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Thomas Philip Earl de Grey
    • Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, 3rd Baron Grantham, 6th Baron Lucas, KG, PC, FRS (born Robinson, later Weddell; 1781–1859), styled the Honourable Thomas Robinson until 1786 and Lord Grantham from 1786 to 1833, of Wrest Park in the parish of Silsoe, Bedfordshire, was a British Tory statesman. Motto: FOY EST TOUT
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Leather; secure
  • Size: ~12in X 9.75in (30cm x 25cm)

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