A Perambulation of the Antient and Royal Forest of Dartmoor
ROWE, J. Brooking
and the Venville Precincts, or a Topographical Survey of Their Antiquities and Scenery by the late Samuel Rowe. Third Edition, revised and corrected by J. Brooking Rowe. Illustrated from Drawings by F.J. Widgery. [Best Edition].
LARGE PAPER; 250 COPIES WERE PRINTED
Published: Commin Exeter, 1896
Stock code: 28476
Price: £284.00
Large 4to., Third Edition, LARGE PAPER, on laid paper, with frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), full-page plates, illustrations in the text, 4 large folding sectional maps, large folding sketch map; original oatmeal holland, upper board blocked with cromlech, gilt back, uncut, covers mildly age-faded else a very good, clean copy.
EDITION LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO. 74). IN ADDITION, THIS COPY WAS PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR AND BEARS HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The third and final edition is widely recognised as the most comprehensive. Brockett 62830; Somers-Cocks p.30.