A tour thro' the regions of fancy. Written for the amusement of, and inscribed to Miss Beatrice Proby. By J. Yeo, secretary to Vice Admiral Roddam ... : autograph manuscript, 1789.

Record ID: 
346710
Accession number: 
MA 8655
Author: 
Yeo, James, d. 1825.
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description: 
1 item (100 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Notes: 

Title from ms. t.p.; dated "Portsmouth. 1789" below statement of responsibility.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Inscription on verso of front flyleaf, partially effaced, of Charles Clay M.D., Audenshaw Lodge, Audenshaw, Manchester.

Summary: 

Manuscript of a fictional allegorical account of an imaginary voyage; illustrated with 14 full-page drawings executed in pen and ink with touches of watercolor.

Binding: 
Contemporary red morocco tooled in gilt.
Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.