The Itinerary of John Leland in or About the Years 1535-1543, Through England and Wales, Complete Five Volume Set, Edited by Lucy Toulmin Smith, With a Foreword by Thomas Kendrick. Published by the Southern Illinois University Press in Carbondale. Volume 1: In or About the Years 1535-1543, Parts I to III. 352 pp, folding maps, index. Volume  2:  In or About the Years 1535-1543, Parts IV and V. 192 pp, folding map, index. Volume 3:  In or About the Years 1535-1543, Part VI. 152 pp, folding map, index. Volume 4:  In or About the Years 1535-1543, Parts VII and VIII. 216 pp, folding maps, index. Volume 5:  In or About the Years 1535-1543, Parts IX, X, and XI. 352 pp, folding maps, index. 1964, 6 x 9.5”, hardcover binding. 

In good condition, with some shelf-wear to slipcase, and minor exterior wear to boards. Some rubbing to boards of each volume, with gilt lettering on the spines still clean. The interior pages are clean. Include fold-out maps. Please see our photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. 

Complete 5 volume set in original slipcase of the Itinerary of John Leland’s journey around Britain, Wales, Cornwall and beyond. John Leland (1503-1552), was an English poet and antiquarian, who has been described as the “father of English local history and bibliography”. His written Itinerary provided a unique source of observations and raw materials for many subsequent antiquarians. It was a veritable Tudor "There and Back Again", as Leland traveled and looked through religious libraries, as he was entrusted by the King of England to do so. His notebooks compiled numerous lists of significant or unusual books. His manuscripts were also unique in their depictions of the areas traveled, and his interest in topography and antiquities of his six year journey.

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