AUTHOR: Cordiner, Charles (1746?-1794)
TITLE: Remarkable ruins, and romantic prospects,
of North Britain. With ancient monuments, and singular subjects of natural
history, by the Rev. Charles Cordiner. The engravings by Peter Mazell.
IMPRINT: London: P. Mazell, 1788-[95]
COLLATION: 1 p.l., iv, [209] p.: front,
97 pl.; 29 cm.
NOTES: Engr. t.-p. with vignette. Published
in 24 numbers. cf. Lowndes. A further supplemental expansion of
Cordiner's work of 1780 Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Scotland.
Cordiner gives the Pictish symbol stones (many of which are illustrated)
an Egyptian origin, and his work is similarly lightly permeated with charming
errors. Marlborough Rare Books, catalogue 186
KEYWORDS: 1. Zoology--Scotland.
LOCATION: fDA770.C79 1788
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