Otley 1823
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Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes,
by Jonathan Otley, 1823, published by Jonathan Otley,
Keswick, Cumberland, by Simpkin and Marshall, Stationer's
Court, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale,
Westmorland, 6th edn 1837.
The guide book is rebound in cloth. It has:- frontispiece, map; title page, preface, contents list; pp.1-184 descriptive text, including itineraries, llustrated by outline views of mountains and an engraving, with notes on placenames, botany, geology, meteorology, floating island in Derwent Water, black lead mine at Seathwaite; and index. |
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| book feature:- | frontispiece (map) & map & title page & preface & contents & descriptive text & illustrations & outline views & itineraries & addenda (placenames, botany, geology, meteorology, black lead mine) & index | |
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printed title page
A / CONCISE DESCRIPTION / OF THE / ENGLISH LAKES, / AND ADJACENT / MOUNTAINS : / WITH / GENERAL DIRECTIONS TO TOURISTS; / NOTICES OF THE / BOTANY, MINERALOGY, AND GEOLOGY OF THE DISTRICT; / OBSERVATIONS ON METEOROLOGY; / THE FLOATING ISLAND IN DERWENT LAKE; / AND THE / BLACK-LEAD MINE IN BORROWDALE. / BY / JONATHAN OTLEY. / SIXTH EDITION. / KESWICK : / PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR; / BY SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, STATIONERS' HALL COURT, / LONDON; / AND ARTHUR FOSTER, KIRKBY LONSDALE. / 1837. |
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printed foot of p.184
A. FOSTER, PRINTER, KIRKBY LONSDALE. |
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| source type:- | Otley 1823 (6th edn 1837) | |
| wxh:- | 12x19.5cm | |
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Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes,
the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they
may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology
of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author,
Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London,
and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823;
published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the
English Lakes.
Published as 'A CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGLISH LAKES, THE Mountains in their Vicinity, AND THE ROADS BY WHICH THEY MAY BE VISITED: WITH REMARKS ON THE MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE DISTRICT. BY JONATHAN OTLEY. KESWICK: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. BY J. RICHARDSON, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON; AND A. FOSTER, KIRKBY LONSDALE. 1823.' This edition has Jonathan Otley's map '2d dit. 1823'. Published - 2nd edn, 1825, 'A CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGLISH LAKES, AND Adjacent Mountains, WITH GENERAL DIRECTIONS TO TOURISTS; AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE DISTRICT; ON METEOROLOGY; THE FLOATING ISLAND IN DERWENT LAKE; AND THE BLACK-LEAD MINE IN BORROWDALE. BY JONATHAN OTLEY. SECOND EDITION. KESWICK: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. BY JOHN RICHARDSON, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON; AND ARTHUR FOSTER, KIRKBY LONSDALE. 1825.' The 2nd edn has the map of The Lakes, '2d Edit. 1825.' Also having observations on meteorology, the floating island in Derwent Lake, and the black lead mine in Borrowdale. Published - 3rd edn, 1827, 'A CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGLISH LAKES, ... AND AN ACCOUNT OF AN EXCURSION TO THE TOP OF SKIDDAW. BY JONATHAN OTLEY. THIRD EDITION. ... 1827.' An account of an excursion to the top of Skiddaw is added. The map has been re-engraved on a larger scale '... 1827 ... re-engraved'. Published - 4th edn, 1830, 'A CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGLISH LAKES, AND ADJACENT MOUNTAINS: WITH GENERAL DIRECTIONS TO TOURISTS; NOTICES OF THE BOTANY, MINERALOGY, AND GEOLOGY OF THE DISTRICT; OBSERVATIONS ON METEOROLOGY; THE FLOATING ISLAND IN DERWENT LAKE; AND THE BLACK-LEAD MINE IN BORROWDALE. BY JONATHAN OTLEY. FOURTH EDITION. ... 1830.' The text is revised; botanical observations are added; the excursion to Skiddaw is left out. There are also 9 outline sketches of the outlines of mountains, woodcuts. Published - 5th edition, 'A CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGLISH LAKES, ... FIFTH EDITION. KESWICK: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR; BY SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, STATIONER'S COURT, LONDON; AND ARTHUR FOSTER, KIRKBY LONSDALE. 1834.' The text is revised; more botanical notes, and an index. 2 more sketches are added, and all the mountian views are re-engraved. The map is now '21st. June 1827. And, with additions 20th. July 1833.'. Published - 6th edn, 1837, 'A CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGLISH LAKES, ... SIXTH EDITION. KESWICK: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR; BY SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, STATIONERS' HALL COURT, LONDON; AND ARTHUR FOSTER, KIRKBY LONSDALE. 1837.' The map is now '21st. June 1827. And, with additions 20th. July 1833. and 1837.'. Published - 7th edn, 1843, 'A DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH LAKES, AND ADJACENT MOUNTAINS: WITH NOTICES OF THE Botany, Mineralogy, and Geology of the District. BY JONATHAN OTLEY. SEVENTH EDITION. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN EXCURSION THROUGH LONSDALE TO THE CAVES. KESWICK: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR; BY SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO., STATIONERS' COURT, LONDON AND ARTHUR FOSTER, KIRKBY LONSDALE. 1842.' The title is changed; the title page has a vignette of Scroggs, which was Jonathan Otley's birthplace. A description of an excursion to Lonsdale and the caves is added. There are 13 new outlines of mountains, mostly drawn by T Binns, Halifax, and engraved by O Jewitt, Headington, Oxfordshire. This edition also appears to have been issued dated 1842 and 1844. The map is dated '... Augt. 1841.'. Published - 8th edn 1849 'A DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH LAKES, ... EIGHTH EDITION. ... KESWICK: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR; BY SIMPKIN, MARHSALL & CO., STATIONERS' COURT, LONDON AND JOHN FOSTER, KIRKBY LONSDALE. 1849.' Railways are added to the map, dated 'May 1849'. |
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