BORLASE (William).

Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Islands of Scilly, and their importance to the Trade of Great-Britain. In a letter to Charles Lyttellton, LL.D. Dean of Exeter, and F.R.S.

First edition. 4 engraved folding plates with a further engraved map in the text, without the list of subscribers. 4to. contemporary speckled calf, rebacked. [iv], 140pp. Oxford, Jackson, 1756.

£575.00
BORLASE (William).
Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Islands of Scilly, and their importance to the Trade of Great-Britain. In a letter to Charles Lyttellton, LL.D. Dean of Exeter, and F.R.S.

The plates include a fine panorama of St. Marys and the Northern islands.

Cornish provenance being from the Trevano library with engraved bookplates of George Smith and later W. Bickford-Smith, and later from John le Carré’s library.

From the library of David Cornwell aka John Le Carré.

Maggs Bros. Ltd., Catalogue 1526, John Le Carré: Books from The Library of Jane and David Cornwell at Tregiffian, Item 30.

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