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A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain : divided into circuits or journies, giving a particular and diverting account of whatever is curious and worth observation, viz. I. A description of the principal cities and towns, their situation, magnitude, government, and commerce, II. The customs, manners, speech, as also the exercises, diversions, and employment of the people, III. The produce and improvement of the lands, the trade, and manufactures, IV. The sea ports and fortifications, the course of rivers, and the inland navigation, V. The publick edifices, seats, and palaces of the nobility and gentry : with useful observations upon the whole : particularly fitted for the reading of such as desire to travel over the island / by a Gentleman.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection DA620 .D31 1724 Frost copy v.1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--Description and travel.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Frost, Robert (donor) (Frost Collection copy)
- Fellows, Arnold (autograph) (Frost Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes : maps ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Fingerprint:
- s.se heed d.h- math (3) 1724 (R) v.1
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed, and sold by G. Strahan ... W. Mears ... R. Francklin ... S. Chapman ... R. Stagg ... J. Graves ..., 1724-1727.
- Notes:
- Published anonymously. By Defoe. Cf. ESTC.
- Slight variations in statement of responsibility and publisher statements in v. 2. and v. 3.
- Engraved plates.
- Woodcut initials, factotums, head- and tail-pieces.
- Errata at end of v. 1.
- Advertisements on second preliminary p. of v. 2 and last 5 p. of v. 3.
- Volume 3 includes the Tour thro' Scotland.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Frost Collection copy imperfect: v. 1 only.
- Frost Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2010 by Robert Frost.
- Frost Collection copy has dated 20th-century autograph ("Arnold Fellows March 30 1921"), possibly to be identified with Arnold E. Fellows (1899-1973) at head of front free endpaper; ms. inscription ("Wolverhampton") at foot of front free endpaper.
- Frost Collection copy: folded engraved map torn and partially mended on verso.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T71278
- Moore, J. R. Defoe, 459-461
- Contains:
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Tour thro' Scotland.
- OCLC:
- 29574427
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