COWDRAY AND EASEBOURNE PRIORY IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. This Edition is limited to Four Hundred Copies of which this is No. 173.

Published by Published at the Offices of Country Life., London, 1919

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Folio. 10.75 x 14.75 inches. xiv + 144 pp. Title page in red and black. Bound in half vellum, gilt over boards. Deckled edges. Extremities a little worn and edges browned but otherwise a very good copy with a clean interior. Illustrated by 53 plates, including tipped in coloured portrait frontispiece, coloured facsimile, 2 folding, 2 plans, 2 coloured folding plans, 4 pages of genealogical tables, and by text figures. Decorated by publisher's device on verso of 4th free endpaper. Lavishly produced and illustrated account of Cowdray and Easebourne near Midhurst by the antiquary, William Henry St. John hope (1854-1919). It includes some notable engravings of the campaigns of Henry VIII at Calais and Boulogne, made in 1788, before the originals were destroyed in the Cowdray fire of 1793. A full description of the lost artworks is provided in chapter IV. THIS IS A LARGE AND HEAVY BOOK WHICH WILL INCUR SHIPPING COSTS ABOVE THE DEFAULT RATE QUOTED BY ABE. PLEASE CONTACT US DIRECTLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE A QUOTE FOR POSTAGE BEFORE ORDERING. TOPOGRAPHY SUSSEX TOPOGRAPHY SUSSEX ARCHITECTURE PAINTING HISTORY ILLUSTRATED TOPOGRAPHY.

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Title
COWDRAY AND EASEBOURNE PRIORY IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. This Edition is limited to Four Hundred Copies of which this is No. 173.
Author
HOPE, SIR WILLIAM H. ST. JOHN.
Publisher
Published at the Offices of Country Life., London
Publication year
1919

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Founded by Patrick Marrin's father George in 1946, Marrin's Bookshop has been based in its current Folkestone location since 1963. Patrick has worked in bookselling since 1970. As well as rare antiquarian books, maps and prints, the stock includes a wide range of literature, library sets, travel, history and illustrated books in all fields. We also offer a bookbinding and restoration service. Visitors to the shop are welcome and we exhibit at UK book fairs. A large proportion of our stock can be searched on this website, or at http://www.marrinbook.co.uk.

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