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ROWE, SAMUEL: : A PERAMBULATION OF DARTMOOR: A facsimile of the 1896 edition including fold-out maps

UK.EXETER,DEVON.DEVON BOOKS/A. WHEATON & CO.LTD.,1985.

ISBN 0861147731.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally published in 1848,it was reprinted in 1856 (the 2nd edn).A further revised and enlarged edn (the 3rd) was published in 1896 - revised and corrected by J. Brooking Rowe (F.S.A.,F.L.S.) and illustrated from drawings by F[rederick] J[ohn] Widgery.The book was republished in 1985 by Devon Books - Official Publishers to the Devon County Council.This is the facsimile reproduction of that last,1896 edn.] Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour pictorial scenic artwork by F. J Widgery,illustrated upper panel and spine/backstrip (detail of watercolour painting of 'The Menhir at Merivale',courtesy The Royal Albert Memorial Museum,Exeter),with brown lettering; plain brown unillustrated rear panel with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges merest hint of discolouring (dust-soiling?),fore-edges bright but with slight,light grubbing/thumbing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark green cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and near pristine plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,x-xvipp+2-516pp [paginated] includes editor's preface (from 3rd edn by J. Brooking Rowe), preface from 1st edn,20 chapters,facsimile b/w plates,woodcuts,vignettes and fold-out maps throughout the text and the book,notes and corrections and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title with Widgery's b/w painting frntis,title-page,facsimile dedication from 1st edition,contents list/ table with illustrations list/table to verso,b/w fold-out map (Forest of Dartmoor with the Border Parishes & Stannary Towns) to verso of preface of 1st edn,and 4 b/w fold-out maps to rear.All maps firmly attached and with original creases - appear never opened and all called for (present). Samuel Rowe,b. 11/11/1793 - d. 15/9/1853, was curate,vicar and miniister of four churches in Plymouth,Devon and vicar of Crediton,a historian and antiquarian,first published 'A Perambulation of Dartmoor' in 1848,as a result of fieldwork carried out in 1827-8.All the known ancient monuments on Dartmoor are described and listed,and many picturesquely illustrated. The original work was considerably revised and enlarged in 1896,with the inclusion of much new material,along with woodcuts, paintings by Frederick John Widgery,and fold-out maps.It is this edition which is here reproduced in facsimile. 'A Perambulation of Dartmoor' stands alongside the works of Worth and Crossing as one of the three classic books on Dartmoor.Those many people who love the moor,and wish to know more of its history, will welcome the opportunity to include this scarce volume on their bookshelves. Frederick John Widgery (b.May,1861 - d. 27th January,1942 aged 81.) was a West Country artist.The younger son of William Widgery (1826-1893 - himself a self-taught artist).Educated at Exeter Cathedral School and then at the Exeter School of Art, followed by the South Kensington Museum School of Art,before travelling to Antwerp. Widgery was a popular and active leader of the Exeter Civic Community from 1890,which was the year he settled back in Exeter, after having travelled to Antwerp to study art under Charles Verlat at the National Art School and with Hubert von Herkomer in Bushey.He became the city's Mayor in 1903 and was subsequently made a Freeman,an Alderman and was elected Chair of the City's Town Planning Committee.Widgery's civic deeds were complimented with his work as an artist and the two combine as evidence for the passion and engagement he felt for Exeter and the surrounding West Country. Widgery was a talented painter of the landscape,moors,coast and sea and skilful at capturing the particular local light and weather. As a 'plein air' painter,Widgery often worked in watercolour and some of his most accomplished works show a close understanding of nature in well-observed moorland fauna and passing showers. 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