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CHAMBERS,JOHN A GENERAL HISTORY OF MALVERN, Embellished with Plates, Intended to comprise all the advantages of A GUIDE; with th e more important details of chemical, Mineralogical, and statistical Information. By John Chambers, Esq.Worcester, R. & S. Prowett/Longman, Hurst, Resse et al. London 1820 Plates (4) and folding panorama engraved by Baxter (frontis after a drawing by Doe). . Octavo (in 4's) newer cloth spined boards (tips rubbed). Booklist of Prowett + Frontis +Titlepage +Dedication +subscriber's leaf +291pp (including index). Pale foxing to the plates but text entirely unfoxed, ink inscription erased at head of title. *A neat crisp copy. Deals with the history, etymology, geology, including medical properties of the springs. Also serving as a quide book it ranges well into the Hereford hills and the various fine houses in the vicinity (Eastnor Castle being newly built is extensively described). Poetical tributes extolling the area are given among the prosaic details of doctors, schools and other mentions of inhabitants.
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