Thomas Pennant

A TOUR IN SCOTLAND MDCCLXIX

John Monk, Chester, 1771
viii, 316 pp
8vo format (14 x 21 cm)
Eighteen plates and one engraved vignette, all complete

First Edition of the first of Pennant’s Tours - a key book in the history of Scottish travel

Plates engraved by Peter Mazell the Irish artist and engraver

Contemporary full calf binding

Slight offsetting from plates

Joints very worn, front gutter split, head and tail of spine chipped, boards rubbed
upper board attached only by one cord
An attractive, very clean, and authentically un-refurbished copy in its original state with original endpapers all present
And with early signature (of R Jackson)