The tourist's grammar; or rules relating to the scenery and antiquities Incident to Travellers: compiled from the first authorities, and including an epitome of Gilpin's Principles of the Picturesque.
London.
John Nichols and Son, 1826.
First edition.
12mo.
cvi, 230pp. Original publisher's green cloth-backed buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, marked. Internally clean and crisp.
The first edition of a guide to 'tourist's grammar' by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke (1770-1842), English clergyman and antiquary. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Fosbroke would also write two volumes on the history of Gloucester, of which he was an important historian.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 32480
