The Farington Diary, Volume III - September 14, 1804 to September 19, 1806

Vol III (of III) only. First Edition. xx, 348pp, 13 black and white photographic plates including frontispiece. Navy cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Moderately sun-faded spine, titles fading; heavily rubbed extremities with cloth fraying; moderate wear to board, cloth at front joint torn. Text block edges moderately tanned, endpapers tanned. Bottom half of half-title page and frontispiece partially detached. Lender's stamps, bar code and markings on endpapers and copyright page. Internally pages are lightly tanned at margins, otherwise neat, clean, bright and tight.

Joseph Farington (1747-1821) was a London-based topographical artist. His diary, which he kept from 1793 until his death, is a meticulous record of his observations of London artistic, political and literary life and a rich source on the history of English cultural life.