History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Compiled from the best and most ancient historians. With a copy of the Domesday Book and Inquisito Gheldi. Interspersed with some remarkable particulars of Natural History. And Adorned with a Correct Map of the County. IN TWO VOLUMES. FIRST EDITION.
Published by London, W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1774 First edition (1st)
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Two Volumes. Large Hardbacks approx 15.5 x 10 inches. In full calf leather bindings; with mottled acid pattern to boards, Later leather to spines, with red and green leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Raised banding. Red speckled page edges. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Leather on boards with some rubbing and chips, repairs to chipped corners, repair to torn strip of leather on bottom rear corner of vol.1. Later leather binding to spines, with some rubbing marks. Bookplates to front endpapers ?George Booth Tyndale Esq.? Some minor tanning to title pages, some occasional minor light foxing spots else pages and plates all very clean and tight throughout. Red ink marks to map in front of vol.1. Small worm-hole to top corner of pages in vol.1, (Intro & up to approx p100). A couple of small worm-holes to pages in vol.2 at top and bottom corners of margin (does affect edges of some plates.) Some staining to front endpaper in vol.2 with some pencil notes. Endpaper and title page creased in vol.2. Else very good clean and tight copies. lxxx + 618pp & 528 + 6pp. Complete with 56 engraved plates (many large fold-out.) and large folding County Map at front by Bayly. Addenda and Plates list at rear V2. Plates include a nice double-pg.view of Dorchester, double-pg.view of Brownsea Castle, 2 full-pg.views of Lulworth Castle, full-pg.views of Milton Abbey, and Wimborne Minster, etc.,etc.; - All plates present SOME PLATES only appear in this first edition or also in the extremely scarce second edition.…
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- History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Compiled from the best and most ancient historians. With a copy of the Domesday Book and Inquisito Gheldi. Interspersed with some remarkable particulars of Natural History. And Adorned with a Correct Map of the County. IN TWO VOLUMES. FIRST EDITION.
- Author
- HUTCHINS, REV. John:
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- London, W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1774 First edition (1st)
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- DORSET TOPOGRAPHY
PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP
DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
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T.A. PROCTOR T/A THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP,established 1976. Our shop in Puddletown,Dorset has been open since 1978. We are situated in the heart of the "HARDY COUNTRY", just outside Dorchester on the Road to Bournemouth. Our miscellaneous stock is interesting and changes frequently. We also stock some antique maps (mostly of Dorset) and some engravings of mostly local views. Member of ABA and ILAB.
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ESP. G. A. HENTY; H. G. WELLS;, 19TH.CENTURY AUTHORS, THOMAS HARDY; H. RIDER HAGGARD; JULES VERNE, FOREIGN & ENGLISH TRAVELS, ILLUSTRATED & CHILDREN'S BOOKS, GENERAL ENGLISH LITERATURE (1750 - 1970), ESP. BADMINTON LIBRARY, SPORTS & PASTIMES, E.G., DORSET TOPOGRAPHY & RELATED SUBJECTS, WILLIAM BARNES, FINE BINDINGSAssociation member
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