The Journey from Chester to London [PENNANT Thomas] 1726-1798 Publisher: B. White Publish Year: 1782 Publish Place: London. Fleet Street. Illustrator: GRIFFITH Moses 1747-1819. CARTER J. Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 006668 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Edition Inscription: Unknown £225 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information VG, 1782, 1st ed, 22 pls (of 22) 1 woodcut. In modern, to style, half calf over blue marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, gilt tooling, titles in gilt to red morocco label. Internally, [2], [1], (ii-iv), [1], 2-452 pp, [6] index, 22 pls (1 folding), 1 large woodcut, text block edges yellowed, new old endpapers, some light offsetting, occasional spot, and some light edge browning. A very good copy. (189*236 mm). (ESTC T160571. Allibone 1553. Lowndes 1823. Graesse 192). Pennant's visits to London were frequent and he seldom went straight home. The record of these journeys, "formed from journals made at different times", he published in 1782, under the title of The Journey from Chester to London, this was the last of his Tours to be published in his lifetime. There was a 2nd edition in 1786 with a 3rd in 1811, and there was another edition printed in Dublin in 1783. See NLW WBO for a full Bio.
