Lake District Collection

The Lake District Collection (LDC) provides access to more than 250 items of bibliographic information, annotations, samples of covers, text, and illustrations from first and rare editions of 18th and 19th century English Lake District travel and landscape books. Of particular bibliographic interest are the many period maps, excellent samples of engraving and illustration techniques and processes, including lithography, chromolithography and photography, as well as ornate bindings.

Contributed by Special Collections and Rare Books, Simon Fraser University Library.

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A Companion to the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire

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Date: 1829
Name(s): Baines, Edward, Sir, 1800-1890

A Complete Guide to the English Lakes

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Date: 1860
Name(s): Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876, Martineau, Maria, -1864

A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, Illustrated with Coloured Prints, Outlines of Mountains, and a Map Coloured Geologically by John Ruthven. To which Are Added an Account of the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and Mosses of the District

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Date: 1855
Name(s): Garnett, John, Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876, Ruthven, John

A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, Illus. from drawings by T.L. Aspland and W. Banks and a Map Coloured Geologically By John Ruthven To Which Are Added An Account of the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and Mosses of the District, and a Complete Directory.

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Date: 1855
Name(s): Garnett, John, Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876, Ruthven, John

A Complete Guide to the Lakes

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Date: 1843
Name(s): Hudson, John, Sedgwick, A., Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

A Complete Guide to the Lakes

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Date: 1846
Name(s): Hudson, John, Sedgwick, A., Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

A Complete Guide to the Lakes

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Date: 1853
Name(s): Hudson, John, Sedgwick, A., Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

A Complete Guide to the Lakes, Comprising Minute Directions for the Tourist, with Mr. Wordsworth's Description of the Scenery of the Country, etc., and Three Letters upon the Geology of the Lake District

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Date: 1842
Name(s): Flintoff, Hudson, John, Sedgwick, A., Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

A Concise Description of the English Lakes, and Adjacent Mountains

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Date: 1827
Name(s): Otley, Jonathan

A Concise Description of the English Lakes, and Adjacent Mountains

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Date: 1830
Name(s): Otley, Jonathan

A Concise Description of the English Lakes, and Adjacent Mountains

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Date: 1825
Name(s): Otley, Jonathan

A Description of a Series of Sixty Small Prints

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Date: 1814

A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, Intended as a Guide to Strangers

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Date: 1840
Name(s): Ford, William, Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859

A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, Intended as a Guide to Strangers

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Date: 1847
Name(s): Ford, William, Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859

A Description of the English Lakes

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Date: 1858