A Voyage to Ramsgate for Health: Interspersed with Reflections Natural, Moral, and Divine

Language: English

Published by Printed by L. Wayland; and sold by Wills, Button, and Sleep, London, 1788

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Seller: Nikki Green Books, Glasgow, United KingdomNikki Green Books

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First edition. Small octavo. pp., 54. Complete text block. An exceptionally rare, deeply personal late-Georgian travel narrative and religious meditation focusing on the earliest days of Kentish sea-bathing resort culture.Crucially, the title page features the prominent, crisp handwritten contemporary owner's signature of "Mary Ann Robson 1788", matching the exact year of the book's publication. (Note: Strictly unrelated to the later 19th-century figure of the same birth name).Presented in a slightly later, bespoke full red leather fine binding. The spine features a neat black leather title label finished with gilt titles. Both boards uniquely embellished with central black leather diamond overlays, each stamped with a gilt emblem of a ship at sea—an homage to the text's narrative detailing the author's sea voyage from London to Kent aboard the ship "Friends". The boards are completed with decorative gilt borders, and all edges of the text block are finished in full gilt. The custom full-leather binding remains in very good condition.Internally, the 18th-century paper is in very good condition, showing just a little natural light age-toning and the odd minor mark as expected. A beautiful, collector-grade example of a highly elusive, historically significant work of regional topography and medical transit.…

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Title
A Voyage to Ramsgate for Health: Interspersed with Reflections Natural, Moral, and Divine
Author
Henry Blaine (Minister of the Gospel at Tring, Herts)
Publisher
Printed by L. Wayland; and sold by Wills, Button, and Sleep, London
Publication year
1788
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition
Seller catalogs
Antique & Collectable, Christianity, Topography

Nikki Green Books

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Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. Beth Lowell-Green is a third generation bookdealer, who along with her partner Nikki reside in sunny Glasgow. The origins of the business began with Beth's grandmother, Eve Lowell, who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton at the back of Beth's grandfathers newsagent shop before moving to her own premises in the town. Beth spent her formative years working with her parents, who started Sue Lowell Natural History Books, based in London. We specialise in natural history, Scottish interest and ornithology along with the rare and unusual.…

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