Observations on a Tour through the Highlands and part of the Western Isles of Scotland,

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3 vols (2 of text, 1 of pls), VG, 1st ed, 53 pls 1 map, 1800. Modern calf spine, with contemporary basket weave calf boards, attractive gilt edge tooling, tips repaired. Spine, raised bands, gilt titles. Vol 1, [4], (v-ix), [1], [1], 2-338 pp, 1 map (folding), ink note stating Rebound 1976 Falkirk to ffep. Vol 2, [2], [1], 2-275 pp, [1], [10] index, [2] pl list. Vol 3, 53 pls, (tissue guarded). Internally, gilt tooling to turn-ins, hinges professionally strengthened, red marbled endpapers, each volume has the armorial bookplate of James Johnson to fpds, and of Thomas B Scott to feps, light foxing and browning, watermarked C&S 98, red speckled text block edges, printed by Luke Hansard, Great Turnstile, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. A second edition was published in 1811 for John Stockdale. A wonderful offering with plates that are full of drama! (271*204 mm). (Abbey 482. ESTC T131649). Title continues: Particularly Staffa and Icolmkill: to which are added, a description of the Falls of the Clyde, of the Country round Moffat, and an Analysis of its Mineral Waters. Illustrated by a Map, and 52 plates, engraved in the manner of Aquatinta, from drawings taken on the spot by WH Watts... Garnett, chemist and physician. Member of the Royal Medical, Physical, and Natural History Societies of Edinburgh, the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester; the Medical Society of London; the Royal Irish Academy and Professor of Natural History and Chemistry in the Royal Institute of Great Britain. Watts, Walter Henry, journalist and artist. See ODNB for a full Bio.