{"product_id":"9780859894241","title":"Topographical Writers","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of essays concerned with topographical writers who published work on the west country between c. 1600 and 1900. It provides an assessment of some famous writers such as Leland, a guide to the sources for the west Country and an analysis of the development of the genre. The papers are: The Development of Topographical Writing in the South West ( Mark Brayshay ), John Leland in the West Country ( John Chandler ), Some Early Topographies of Devon and Cornwall ( Joyce Youings ), Somerset Topographical Writings, 1600-1900 ( Robert Dunning ), Early Topographers, Antiquarians and Travellers in Dorset ( Joseph Bettey ), Richard Colt Hoare, Samuel Lysons and Antiquity ( Malcolm Todd ), Agricultural Improvers and the Topography of South-West England ( Sarah Wilmot ). The book includes a valuable gazetteer of collections in Devon and Cornwall where copies of the works of local topographical writers can be found.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Exeter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018576314608,"sku":"9780859894241","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780859894241_p0.jpg?v=1769912152","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780859894241","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}