| Title | : | The Natural History of Wiltshire |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | John Aubrey |
| Release | : | 1697-01-01 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | History, Books |
| Size | : | 223570 |
| It is history book. Though comparatively obsolete as regards its scientific, archaeological, and philosophical information, AUBREY 'NATURAL HISTORY OF WILTSHIRE' is replete with curious and entertaining facts and suggestions, at once characterising the writer, and the age in which he lived, and illustrating the history and topography of his native county. Had this work been revised and printed by its author, as he wished and intended it to have been, it would have proved as useful and important as Plot's 'Staffordshire' and 'Oxfordshire'; Burton's 'Leicestershire'; Morton's 'Northamptonshire'; Philipott's 'Kent'; or any others of its literary predecessors or contemporaries. It could not have failed to produce useful results to the county it describes; as it was calculated to promote inquiry, awaken curiosity, and plant seeds which might have produced a rich and valuable harvest of Topography. |
