Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
Title:
A complete guide to the English lakes / by Harriet Martineau ; illustrated from drawings by T.L. Aspland and W. Banks ; and a map coloured geologically by John Ruthven ; to which are added an account of the flowering plants, ferns, and mosses of the district, and a complete directory.
Edition:
Second edition.
Published / Created:
Windermere : John Garnett ; [1858].

London : Whittaker & Co. [and 3 others], [1858].
Physical Description:
210, [42] p., [15] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., col. maps ; 17 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA670 L1 M37 1858

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
One folded map inserted into back cover (between pasted down endpaper and cover). As issued?

Advertisements: 15 p., [1] leaf of plates at end.

Gold-stamped purple cloth.

Binder's ticket: Westleys & Co., London.

Title on added engraved t.p.: Guide to the English Lakes.

Plates engraved by William Banks & Son; after Theophil Lindsey Aspland and William Banks. Map printed by Ackermann and Co.
Subject Terms:
Westleys -- Bookbinder. | Natural history -- England -- Lake Region (Cumbria). | Lake District (England) -- Guidebooks.
Form/Genre:
Chromolithographs. | Steel engravings. | Lithographs.
Contributors:
Banks, William, d. 1866, ill. | Aspland, Theophil Lindsey, 1807–1890, ill. | Ruthven, John.