Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - RARE SEPARATELY PUBLISHED PRESENTATION COPY WITH COUNTRY HOUSE PROVENANCE -REES (Thomas, Welsh Nonconformist divine, Unitarian minister and scholar and antiquary, 1777-1864).The beauties of South Wales; or delineations topographical, historical and descriptive.(London): John Harris, 1818. viii, 917, [1, blank], [55, appendix, index, errata], [1, blank] pp. Illustrated with vignette title page, and with 32 full-page engraved plates. Contemporary full polished calf binding. Spine gilt in compartments, red morocco label with gilt lettering. Ex-libris 'Library, Ben Damph Forest' with wet-stamp on front pastedown, and with manuscript presentation inscription from the author to 'Lord King' on front endpaper. Size: thick 8vo (21.5cm x 14cm x 5.7cm).Very Good to Near Fine condition. Binding and hinges solid. Light rubbing to edges and spine. A few small scattered marks to leather. Offsetting from title page to facing blank. Pages and plates generally clean and bright, with light spotting to a couple of short gatherings of text leaves. Dedication page with light dust marking. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.Originally published in 1815 as Vol. 18 of Britton and Brayley's 'The beauties of England and Wales', this is a separately published stand-alone 'presentation' version of that single volume, with its own vignette title page, and presumably re-using the original sheets. There is a presentation copy from Rees to 'Lord King' [Peter King, 7th Baron King of Ockham, Surrey (1775–1833), English aristocrat, politician and economic writer]. King's eldest son, William King-Noel [8th Baron King of Ockham and 1st Earl of Lovelace FRS (1805-1893)] purchased in 1886 the 12,000 acre Ben Damph Forest on the south side of Loch Torridon in Scotland, and built the sporting lodge, Ben Damph House in 1887, and this volume bears an accession stamp to the library at that residence. key words:
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Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Year Printed: 1818
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Binding: Fine Binding
Original/Reproduction: Original
Illustrator: J. P. Neale et al.
Author: Thomas Rees
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: John Harris
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: Illustrated, Luxury Edition
