A Journey from London to the Isle of Wight. PENNANT Thomas 1726-1798. [PENNANT David editor] 1763-1841 Publisher: Edward Harding Publish Year: 1801 Publish Place: 98, Pall-Mall, London Illustrator: NIXON John. TOMKINS E. TURNER. GROSE F. Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 006669 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Edition Inscription: Unknown £125 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information 1st ed, 1801, 2 Vols, 37 pls (of 49) . In modern half calf to style, over contemporary blue marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spines, no titles. Internally, Vol 1, London to Dovert, 1801, half title, [5], (vi-ix), [1], [1] pl list, [1], [2], [1], 2-205, 26 pls (lacks 1 pl & 1 map). Vol 2, Dover to the Isle of Wight, 1801, half title, map frontis, [8], [1], 2-217 pp, 1 map (folding), 10 pls (of 20), small oval stamp to to margin 1 pl & 1 text leaf. Blue marbled endpapers, text block edges reddened, occasional light spotting & offsetting, printed at the Oriental Press, by Wilson & Co, Wild-Court, Lincoln's Inn. (221*271 mm). (Lowndes 1824. Allibone 1554. Graesse 192). Pennant, naturalist, traveller, and writer whose many travels were published during his lifetime, but this and 2 other titles were published by his son David upon his death in 1798.
