Travellers In Britain. Three Centuries Of Discovery..
Bound in original green cloth, gilt, in pictorial endpapers. A very good copy.
£12.00
Publisher
Aurum Press,
Place
London
Date
1990
Item Description
4to. 7.5 x 10.25 inches. 216 pp.
Illustrations
illustrated throughout by black and white text figures and maps. Map endpapers.
Notes
The story of the exploration of Britain from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution. The travellers include William Worcestre, John Lelans, Celia Fiennes, Daniel Defoe, Arthur Young and Johnson and Boswell in Scotland. Richard Trench (b.1949) is a modern traveller, including Arabia, and author.
[Stock No. 25378]
