[Rarebooks] FS - Bristol & The Isle of Wight - scarce

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*EVANS, Rev. John, /THE PICTURE OF BRISTOL; or A Guide to Objects of 
Curiosity and Interest, in Bristol, Clifton, The Hotwells, and their 
vicinity; including Biographical Notices of Eminent Natives./* Printed 
for and Published by W. Sheppard, Exchange; sold also by Norton and 
Ross, Barry, Browne, Bulgin, Frost, Mintorn; Miss Prust, Clifton; and 
all booksellers. 1814, Bristol, England. 1st edition. Small 8vo, pp. 
156. [bound together with] *BULLAR, John*/*, AN HISTORICAL AND 
PICTURESQUE GUIDE TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. */Printed and sold by Baker and 
Fletcher, Southampton, England, 1806. 1st edition. Small 8vo, pp. 120.

The "Bristol" book has an engraved folding "Plan of Bristol", a lovely 
copper-engraved folding "View of Bristol (engraved by Holmes), an 
engraved folding "View of the Cathedral, seen from the Palace Garden", 
an engraved folding view of St. Mary Redcliff, eight Appendices at end, 
and one page of advertisements. "The Isle of Wight" book  has, as a 
frontispiece, an engraved "View of Cowes Harbour". Of particular 
interest, and curiosity, are two pages of neatly-written notes, parts of 
which appear to be in code, and other parts of which are in somewhat 
inscrutable English. The first page appears on a blank preliminary page 
preceding the folding "Plan of Bristol". The second appears opposite the 
last page of text to "The Isle of Wight" book, and contains references 
to the American Civil War, indicating they were penned in the 1860s. 
There are also occasional "ticks", or one, or two, word marginal 
comments to the text.

This volume is bound in plain, paper-covered boards with an overlapping 
cloth spine. The boards are well-worn and the spine is rather shabby. 
The contents are very clean although, as the binding is somewhat sprung, 
the gatherings are a bit loose. There is off-setting from the plates, 
particularly noticeable with the "Cowes" frontispiece.

Evans was the author, along with John Corry, of  /The History of 
Bristol, Civil and Ecclesiastical/  (1816). Although /The Dictionary of 
National Biography/ has many entries for "John Evans", it appears that 
this author was the Master of Park Row Academy, Bristol. Bullar 
(1778-1864) was a schoolmaster and campaigner for liberal causes. He was 
the author of /A Companion on a Tour Round Southhampton/. WorldCat shows 
only two later editions of the Bullar title (1817 and 1827)

Both titles are quite scarce. The price is for the book containing the 
two titles.

Price: $500.00

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