Manby, G.W. AN HISTORICAL AND PICTURESQUE GUIDE FROM CLIFTON, Through the Counties of Monmouth, Glamorgan, and Brecknock, With Representations of Ruins, Interesting Antiquities, &c. &c. , Bristol: Printed by Fenley and Baylis ... 1802.

1st Ed. ii + xx + 315pp. + [i]. [Without map frontis. and 4 aquatints], 29 aquatint vignettes. Some light browning, bookplate, gilt rule edged half calf with marbled boards, extremities rubbed, minor wear. George William Manby (1765-1854). Inventor of apparatus for saving life from shipwreck. A domestic crisis of an unknown nature caused him to leave his home in Denver, settling at Clifton, where he pursued his literary pursuits as a distraction. US$155 (Book ref. 197753 )  £ 100.00

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