An Account Of Fort Montague At Knaresbrough In A Letter From A Gentleman At Harrogate To His Friend

$300 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Knaresbrough: printed by E. Langdale and sold by Governor Hill, ca. 1791 . Stab-stitched pamphlet, 6 x 3¾ , pp. 8; self-wrappers, vignette title page with landscape of the fort; untrimmed and fine. A fort in name only, Fort-Montague was a house cut into the rock, and served as a curiosity and tourist attraction, with its owner Thomas Hill firing cannon on occasion and producing his own mock currency. No copies in OCLC. A 2014 snapshot of ESTC notes 2

• Binding: Wrappers

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