Observations relative chiefly to the natural history, picturesque scenery, and antiquities, of the Western counties of England, made in the years 1794 and 1796. Illustrated by a mineralogical map, and sixteen views in aquatinta by Alken / By William George Maton.

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Observations relative chiefly to the natural history, picturesque scenery, and antiquities, of the Western counties of England, made in the years 1794 and 1796. Illustrated by a mineralogical map, and sixteen views in aquatinta by Alken / By William George Maton.