$492
Manuscript Journal of William R. Skinner, British, Illustrated, c. 1864. Octavo format journal of the travels of a certain Mr. Skinner, entitled Recollections of my Wanderings , approximately sixty pages, with many small pencil vignettes in the text, along with some full-page sketches of buildings, views, and scenery in Paris (including the sea voyage), Hastings, Dover, the ruins of Reculver and Raynham Abbey, the Orangerie at Versailles, Rouen, Rochester, Conway Castle (in North Wales), Dublin Bay, Dumbarton Castle (Scotland), Skiddaw, a rock salt mine in Cheshire, Stock Ghyll Force (a waterfall in the Lake District), Rydal Water, Lodore Falls, John Knox's home, the ruins of Holyrood Abbey, and Ben Lomond; carefully wrought sketches with notes of travels accompanying them, at least one leaf torn away, the text on a parchment-textured pale gray paper, with some blotchiness, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-31
