An Account of the past and present state of the Isle of Man including a topographical description; a sketch of its mineralogy; an outline of its laws with the privileges enjoyed by strangers and a history of the Island /George Woods.

London :Printed for Robert Baldwin ;Edinburgh :William Blackwood, 1811.

8vo, 366 p. :1 map.- Edgar MacCulloch’s bookplate.

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This volume by George Woods, (of His Majesty’s Customs) was considered to be the most authoritative and comprehensive work on the subject. His account of the Isle of Man was cited as a bibliographical source by the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia published by William Blackwood in 1830. Where George Woods felt his own expertise to be lacking, he consulted with other eminent authorities. One such was Thomas Stewart Traill, a founder of the Royal Institution; professor of medical jurisprudence at the University of Edinburgh and editor of the 8th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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