A tour in Wales. MDCCLXX

People / Organizations

• Henry Hughes ("printed by")
• Thomas Pennant (Author)

Imprint

London : printed by Henry Hughes, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]

Publication year

1778-1783

ESTC No.

T133752

Grub Street ID

182478

Description

2v.,plates : ill.,ports. ; 4°.

Note

Anonymous. By Thomas Pennant

The titlepages are engraved. The engraved titlepage to vol.2, dated 1783, is followed by an engraved titlepage dated 1781, reading 'The journey to Snowdon'

'The journey to Snowdon' was also separately issued in 1781 (ESTC N498600), then reissued as part of v. 2 of this work

Ten supplemental plates with seven explanatory pages of letterpress were published to accompany the first part of vol.2

Pennant's tour in Wales actually took place in 1773. MDCLXX was corrected by hand to MDCLXXIII on a number of copies.

Uncontrolled note

See L.F. Powell, 'The tours of Thomas Pennant', The Library, 4th series XIX (1938); pp.131-154