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THE ANTIQUITIES OF WARWICKSHIRE
by DUGDALE, SIR WILLIAM
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1730. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Second edition, 2 volumes, folio, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked. Pp. (vol.I): [6], x, [4] (list of subscribers), [30] (index and supplemental index), 640; (vol. II): (4), 641-1153, [1] (blank). With 25 plates as called for by Upcott: engraved portrait frontispiece of Dugdale by Wenceslaus Hollar; 5 engraved double-page maps and 19 plates by Henry Beighton of which 14 are double-page, including 12 prospects of gentlemen's seats; copiously illustrated with 187 in-text engravings by Hollar and others, many full-page, depicting costume, seals, tombs, coats of arms, etc. woodcut ornaments & initials. Later reback in tan leather with gilt lettering and six raised bands to the spine, very good, strong. Original endpapers retained, with some pencil notes and tipped in catalogue entries for this title, the end papers little damaged & water stained to the bottom margin. Some damp staining to the title page and frontispiece of vol. I and a few other preliminary pages, generally good, variable damp staining to the bottom edge of vol. II with some associated cockling of bottom margin, but generally good. Plates very good. Provenance: with the bookplates of William Fermor of Tusmore, Oxfordshire, and the Barons Holland of Holland House. The first edition of 1656 was considered a landmark in British topography, and this 1730 edition is regarded as the best edition. A good to very good copy..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037130
- Title
- THE ANTIQUITIES OF WARWICKSHIRE
- Author
- DUGDALE, SIR WILLIAM
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- John Osborn and Thomas Longman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1730
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Topography and Travel - British;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
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