Title: Mullyon: Its History, Scenery and Antiquities
Subtitle on title page: Narratives of Shipwrecks on Its Coast; Its Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining; Tales of the Days of Wrecking and Smuggling; Longevity of Its Inhabitants; Names of Places, Their True Cornish Renderings and Significations, &c.
Author: E. G. Harvey, B.A., Vicar
Edition: First edition (1875)
Format: Hardcover (green cloth, gilt)
Publisher: W. Lake, Princes Street, Truro; Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Stationers’ Hall Court, London
ISBN: — (published before ISBNs existed)
Language: English
Pages: —
Dimensions: —
Publication Date: 1875
Genre: Local History, Topography, Antiquities
Condition: Fair
Description:
Mullyon: Its History, Scenery and Antiquities is a Victorian local history of the Cornish parish now usually spelt Mullion, on the Lizard peninsula. It was written by the parish’s vicar, the Rev. E. G. Harvey, who held the living from 1865 to 1884. The title page promises narratives of shipwrecks on the coast, the parish’s agriculture, fisheries and mining, tales of wrecking and smuggling, the longevity of its inhabitants, and the Cornish names of places and their meanings. The title page carries an illustration of Predannack Cross. The book is bound in green cloth with a gilt rule border and a gilt flying seabird on the front board, and the spine is titled MULLYON in gilt. It is a Victorian parish history for Cornwall collectors and Lizard family historians. This copy shows wear, with a frayed spine head and foot, marks on the boards and foxing to the endpapers and title page.
Title: Mullyon: Its History, Scenery and Antiquities
Subtitle on title page: Narratives of Shipwrecks on Its Coast; Its Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining; Tales of the Days of Wrecking and Smuggling; Longevity of Its Inhabitants; Names of Places, Their True Cornish Renderings and Significations, &c.
Author: E. G. Harvey, B.A., Vicar
Edition: First edition (1875)
Format: Hardcover (green cloth, gilt)
Publisher: W. Lake, Princes Street, Truro; Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Stationers’ Hall Court, London
ISBN: — (published before ISBNs existed)
Language: English
Pages: —
Dimensions: —
Publication Date: 1875
Genre: Local History, Topography, Antiquities
Condition: Fair
Description:
Mullyon: Its History, Scenery and Antiquities is a Victorian local history of the Cornish parish now usually spelt Mullion, on the Lizard peninsula. It was written by the parish’s vicar, the Rev. E. G. Harvey, who held the living from 1865 to 1884. The title page promises narratives of shipwrecks on the coast, the parish’s agriculture, fisheries and mining, tales of wrecking and smuggling, the longevity of its inhabitants, and the Cornish names of places and their meanings. The title page carries an illustration of Predannack Cross. The book is bound in green cloth with a gilt rule border and a gilt flying seabird on the front board, and the spine is titled MULLYON in gilt. It is a Victorian parish history for Cornwall collectors and Lizard family historians. This copy shows wear, with a frayed spine head and foot, marks on the boards and foxing to the endpapers and title page.
