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The History And Antiquities Of The City Of Bristol Compiled from the Original Records and authentic Manuscripts, in public offices or private hands. Illustrated with Copper-Plate Prints.
by BARRETT, William:
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bristol, William Pine, 1789 1st. Large hardback, 11 x 8.5 inches. Original Tree-Calf leather boards with decorative gilt borders, later leather to spine with raised banding and gilt lettered maroon leather spine label. Marbled endpapers, speckled page edges. In very good condition. Boards quite heavily rubbed, especially on rear, leading corners bumped and chipped. Later Professional repair and leather to spine. Bookplate to front endpaper “Chalfont House.” With later label below “Castle Hacket, 1964.” Some areas of mild foxing to pages, mostly small spots throughout, some areas of darkening to a couple of page edges, some plates with minor and mild foxing, but mostly clean and bright. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 704pp. Illustrated with 27 (ex. 30) B&W engraved plates, many are large fold-outs, with some single and half-page plates, also one woodcut within text. With large folding map at front (dated 1780.) (Lacks plates 11; “The Old Castle,” 19; “St. James Church,” & 30; “Facsimile of Rowleys Manuscript.”)
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- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Title
- The History And Antiquities Of The City Of Bristol Compiled from the Original Records and authentic Manuscripts, in public offices or private hands. Illustrated with Copper-Plate Prints.
- Author
- BARRETT, William:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bristol, William Pine, 1789 1st
- Keywords
- ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY BARRETT, William: The History And Antiquities Of The City Of Bristol, Compiled from the Original Records and authentic Manuscripts, in public offices or private hands, Illustrated with Copper-Plate Prints, William Pine, 1789 1st, tree
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About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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