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The Natural History of Cornwall.
William Borlase (1696-1772), the rector of Ludgvan, developed an interest in fossils as a result of the rich deposits found around the local tin mines of Cornwall. This fascination broadened into a general interest in natural history, leading Borlase into correspondence with the Jewish naturalist Emmanuel Mendes da Costa who successfully proposed the former for fellowship of the Royal Society in 1750.
The Natural History of Cornwall is also notable for a chapter on human geography of the region, including a section on the 'Cornish tongue' which of the Brittonic languages is 'reckoned more pleasing in sound because less guttural than the Welsh, and indeed than the other dialects. Thus, for instance, the Welsh say Lech or Llech, a flat stone, the Cornish, Lêh. For Lhwch, (in Welsh a lake) the Cornish say Lûh, &c' (p.314).
Illustrated with 29 engraved plates, including a folding double-page map of the county with inset for the Scilly Isles.
First edition; folio (36.5 x 24 cm); 29 engraved plates including a large folding map, list of subscribers and errata leaf, tear to margin of D1; contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, joints cracked but firm, corners worn, spine rubbed; xix, [1], 326, [2]pp.
ESTC T139226.
The Natural History of Cornwall is also notable for a chapter on human geography of the region, including a section on the 'Cornish tongue' which of the Brittonic languages is 'reckoned more pleasing in sound because less guttural than the Welsh, and indeed than the other dialects. Thus, for instance, the Welsh say Lech or Llech, a flat stone, the Cornish, Lêh. For Lhwch, (in Welsh a lake) the Cornish say Lûh, &c' (p.314).
Illustrated with 29 engraved plates, including a folding double-page map of the county with inset for the Scilly Isles.
First edition; folio (36.5 x 24 cm); 29 engraved plates including a large folding map, list of subscribers and errata leaf, tear to margin of D1; contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, joints cracked but firm, corners worn, spine rubbed; xix, [1], 326, [2]pp.
ESTC T139226.
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William Borlase (1696-1772), the rector of Ludgvan, developed an interest in fossils as a result of the rich deposits found around the local tin mines of Cornwall. This fascination broadened into a general interest in natural history, leading Borlase into correspondence with the Jewish naturalist Emmanuel Mendes da Costa who successfully proposed the former for fellowship of the Royal Society in 1750.
The Natural History of Cornwall is also notable for a chapter on human geography of the region, including a section on the 'Cornish tongue' which of the Brittonic languages is 'reckoned more pleasing in sound because less guttural than the Welsh, and indeed than the other dialects. Thus, for instance, the Welsh say Lech or Llech, a flat stone, the Cornish, Lêh. For Lhwch, (in Welsh a lake) the Cornish say Lûh, &c' (p.314).
Illustrated with 29 engraved plates, including a folding double-page map of the county with inset for the Scilly Isles.
First edition; folio (36.5 x 24 cm); 29 engraved plates including a large folding map, list of subscribers and errata leaf, tear to margin of D1; contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, joints cracked but firm, corners worn, spine rubbed; xix, [1], 326, [2]pp.
ESTC T139226.
The Natural History of Cornwall is also notable for a chapter on human geography of the region, including a section on the 'Cornish tongue' which of the Brittonic languages is 'reckoned more pleasing in sound because less guttural than the Welsh, and indeed than the other dialects. Thus, for instance, the Welsh say Lech or Llech, a flat stone, the Cornish, Lêh. For Lhwch, (in Welsh a lake) the Cornish say Lûh, &c' (p.314).
Illustrated with 29 engraved plates, including a folding double-page map of the county with inset for the Scilly Isles.
First edition; folio (36.5 x 24 cm); 29 engraved plates including a large folding map, list of subscribers and errata leaf, tear to margin of D1; contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, joints cracked but firm, corners worn, spine rubbed; xix, [1], 326, [2]pp.
ESTC T139226.
