The West of England and the Exhibition, 1851
H. Byng Hall, Charles Wentworth Dilke (Donor), W. A. Woodley (Printer), Longman & Co (Publisher)
Descriptive of the various localities in Somerset, Wiltshire and parts of Dorset and Devon, visited by the author as representative of the Commissioners
Print Book, English, 1851
Longman and Co., Paternoster-Row, London, 1851
Rib grain cloth bindings England 1851
viii, 348, 32 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
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"Mr. Hall was one of the representatives of the Royal Commissioners in the West of England. The work has no immediate reference to the Exhibition, but consists of chapters on various localities" (Dilke)
Edition binding; bound in dark yellow, rib grain cloth, panel stamped in blind on upper and lower boards and with a decorative motif stamped in gold in centre of upper board, with decorative endpapers incorporating list of publisher's works on each pastedown
Illustrated with two monochrome lithographs at front of each part and 6 wood-engravings
Library's copy donated by Charles Wentworth Dilke
Library's copy inscribed in ink on first free endpaper: From the publishers
Library's copy with ownership inscription on t.p.: C. Wentworth Dilke
Price: 14s
Two parts bound in one; second book starts at p.[179]
With "An alphabetical catalogue of new works ... published by Messrs. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans" (32 p. at back)