Circular Tour from Chester through North Wales. [BROSTER John] d1853 Publisher: Crosby and Co Publish Year: 1802 Publish Place: London. Illustrator: HOARE Sir RC Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 005611 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Full Morocco Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Edition Inscription: Unknown £425 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information 48mo, VG, 1st ed, 4 plates. In full black long grained contemporary morocco, gilt edge tooling, corners and edges rubbed. Spine, titles and tooling in gilt, edges lightly bumped and worn. Internally, board edges and turn-ins with gilt tooling, marbled endpapers, a.e.g, frontis, [3], (iv-xii), [1], (ii-iv), [1], 4-179 pp, [1] adverts, 4 pls (includes 3 maps), some light browning throughout. 8.5*5 mmA very rare item, only 1 at auction in 40 years. A very attractive item. Authorship attributed in BM 251:901, 27:687, there were other editions in 1805 and 1814. Uncommon, copies of this ed at BL, NLW and Cardiff only. (Not in Welsh). Broster, who despite having a business in Bangor, continued to print and publish at Chester, with his son. They issued Tour from Chester through North Wales in 1802 , whilst at least two Welsh books were issued by them in 1807 . See ODNB.
