1820 1822 Lonsdale Magazine Original Volumes 1-3 J. Briggs First Edition

  

Comprising Topographical and Biographical Sketches, Critiques Upon New Works, Literary, Scientific, and Philosophical Essays, Original Poetry, Entertaining Tales and Anecdotes, Commercial and Miscellaneous Intelligence, etc. Forming a pleasing Variety of useful and elegant Reading. Kirkby Lonsdale: Printed and Published by A.

Half-leather marbled re-backed bindings 8.25 x 5, 8vos. Boards normally scuffed at edges and worn at corners.

Heads and tails of spines scuffed. Title labels intact & gilt lettering bright and clean.

Text-blocks normally toned in margins; scattered instances of age-staining. Some plates in color - colors remain attractive. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing.

Kirkby Lonsdale is a town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England, on the River Lune. Historically in Westmorland, it lies 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Kendal on the A65. The parish recorded a population of 1,771 in the 2001 census, increasing to 1,843 at the 2011 Census. Notable buildings include St Mary's Church, a Norman building with fine carved columns. The view of the River Lune from the churchyard is known as Ruskin's View after John Ruskin, who called it one of the loveliest in England.

It was painted by J. Volumes I-III - original first editions.

RAREB1822HOPX - 12/25 - HK2984.