A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands; including their Civil, Political, and Natural History; Antiquities; and an account of their Agriculture, Fisheries, Commerce, and the state of Society and Manners

Arthur Edmondston

Edité par Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; and John Ballantyne and Co, Edinburgh, London, 1809

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A very good to near fine 2 volume set in later half leather Bayntun binding, with frontispiece maps of the Shetland Islands. Arthur Edmondston (1776-1841) was a physician. He was born in Lerwick and returned to practice there. This was his major written work, drawing on his knowledge of the islands and using comparisons with Barry's slightly earlier work on Orkney. He provides considerable detail on land use, tenure and associated rents and fees. This copy is in a newer half morocco binding with cloth sides by the Bayntun Bindery of Bath. The spines have small decorative raised bands and decorative gilt compartments with titles. The bindings are bright and clean with very slight inward turning to a couple of corners. The endpapers were replaced at the same time. Internally this set is unusual in that both volumes have the Shetland Islands map as a frontispiece. Vol I: blank; half title; frontispiece map; title page; preface and contents (i-xiv); text 1-337; notes 339-364, final blank. Vol II: blank; half title; frontispiece map; title page; contents listing (vii); text 1-327; notes 329-345; final blank. The contents are in very good clean condition. The frontispiece maps are tissue-guarded. There is occasional light foxing, most prevalent in Vol I.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands; including their Civil, Political, and Natural History; Antiquities; and an account of their Agriculture, Fisheries, Commerce, and the state of Society and Manners
• Éditeur: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; and John Ballantyne and Co, Edinburgh, London
• Date de parution: 1809
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Half-Leather
• Illustrateur: J Grant
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Orkney and Shetland
  • HISTORY