Thomas Pennant — Tours in Wales

Caernarvon, H. Humphreys, 1883. Cloth. A lovely set of illustrated travel volumes on Wales by significant Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant. Complete in three volumes.Bound in publisher's original cloth.Profusely illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author and sixteen further monochrome plates to Volume One and fifteen and fourteen plates to Volumes Two and Three respectively, each including a frontispiece. Collated, complete.Delightful and insightful set of travel volumes on Wales by significant Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant. Originally published between 1778 and 1781, this later edition has been edited by John Rhys, professor of Celtic at the University of Oxford, and features a biographical introduction by W. Trevor Parkins. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Bookplate of modern booksellers to front paste down of each copy. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing resulting in minor loss of cloth to front joints and spine heads and tails, and a few marks to boards. Internally, generally firmly bound, the front hinges being a little weak, resulting in the occasional delicate page throughout the collection. Reasonably bright and clean with light scattered spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .