A Tour in Wales and Through Several Counties of England Including Both Universities [MAVOR William Fordyce] 1758-1837 Publisher: Richard Phillips Publish Year: 1806 Publish Place: London: Illustrator: Unknown Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 003983 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Inscription: Unknown £55 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information In modern brown paper boards, titles to spine in black inks on a paper label. Internally, new endpapers, [4], 182 pp, [2] index, 1 folding plate (of 2) a little light browning throughout. (212*133 mm). Includes a visit to Hafod, Druidical Stones, Welsh Washing, Fishing expedition at Bala Lake etc, published anonymously but William Fordyce Mavor. Mavor, William Fordyce [pseuds. W. F. Martyn, Numa], author and educationist, was an extraordinarily industrious author and published a spate of guides, grammars, miscellanies, a sequence of admirably abridged tours, travels, and histories, a women's magazine, and a newspaper, the Oxford University and City Herald (1806), as well as numerous essays on education. See ODNB for a full Bio.
