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1. A picturesque guide through Wales and the Marches : interspersed with the most interesting subjects of antiquity in the principality / by James Baker.

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Creator:
Baker, James, topographer
Date:
1794-1795
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The Welsh interpreter : consisting of a concise vocabulary, and a collection of useful and familiar phrases, with the exact mode of pronunciation, adapted for tourists, who may wish to make themselves understood by the peasantry during their rambles through Wales / by Thomas Roberts.

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Creator:
Roberts, Thomas, 1765–1841
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
147 p. : ill. ; 9 x 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A collection of Welsh tours, or, A display of the beauties of Wales selected principally from celebrated histories and popular tours : with occasional remarks : to which is added a tour of the River Wye.

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Creator:
Torbuck, John, -1707
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
xix, 456 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A supplement to the tour through Great-Britain : containing a catalogue of the antiquities, houses, parks, plantations, scenes and situations, in England and Wales : arranged according to the alphabetical order of the several counties / by the late Mr. Gray ... ; to which are now added, by another hand, several additions : also blank spaces at the end, to enable every traveller or reader to make his own remarks or corrections.

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Creator:
Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
Date:
1787
Physical Description:
v, [1], 119, [1] p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Observations on the river Wye, and several parts of South Wales, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the summer of the year 1770 / by William Gilpin.

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1782
Physical Description:
99 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Letters on the scenery of Wales : including a series of subjects for the pencil, with their stations determined on a general principal : and instructions to pedestrian tourists / by the Rev. R.H. Newell ...

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Creator:
Newell, R. H. (Robert Hasell), 1778–1852
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
xiv, 192 p., [10] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Leigh's new pocket road-book of England and Wales : containing an account of all the direct and cross-roads : together with a description of every remarkable place : its curiosities, manufactures, commerce, population, andprincipal inns : to which are added pleasure tours to the most picturesque parts of the country : the whole forming a complete guide to every object worthy the attention of travellers.

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Creator:
Leigh, Samuel
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
vi, 498 p. : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The ruined castles of North Wales / with photographic illustrations by Bedford, Sedgfield, and Ambrose.

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Creator:
Howitt, William, 1792–1879
Date:
1864
Physical Description:
76 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The Cambrian popular antiquities, or, An account of some traditions, customs, and superstitions, of Wales : with observations as to their origin, &c. &c. / by Peter Roberts ... ; illustrated with copper-plates, coloured from nature.

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Creator:
Roberts, Peter, ca. 1760–1819
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
viii, 360, 8 p., [7] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Leigh's guide to Wales & Monmouthshire : containing observations on the mode of travelling, plans of various tours, sketches of the manners and customs, notices of historical events, a description of every remarkable plance, and a minute account of the the Wye : illustrated with a map of Wales, and views of the Menai and Conway bridges.

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Creator:
Leigh, Samuel
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
xii, 364 p., [2] leaves of plates : 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts