Observations on the Antiquities Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall
by William Borlase
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Farningham, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford in the High Street: W. Jackson, 1754 xvi, 413pp. 24 full page engraved plates, one folding inclusive of the frontis and a map of the County of Cornwall and the Scilly Islands.
The content consisting of several essays on the first inhabitants, Druid superstition, customs, and remains of the most remote antiquity, in Britain and the British Isles: exemplify'd and prov'd by monuments now extant in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, faithfully drawn on the spot, and engraved according to their scales annex'd.
A summery of the Religious, Civil and Military State of Cornwall before the Norman Conquest illustrated by the plans and elevations of several ancient castles, an eastern view of the Monastery and site of St. Michael's Mount and a vocabulary of the Cornu-British language.
A good quality half calf and marbled rebind sometime in the mid 20th century.
Book size 355x230mm
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- Bookseller
- Wadard Books PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25530
- Title
- Observations on the Antiquities Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall
- Author
- William Borlase
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. Jackson
- Place of Publication
- Oxford in the High Street
- Date Published
- 1754
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Wadard Books PBFA
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Farningham, Kent
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The shop of Wadard Books is located in a listed 17th century timber framed building in the historic Kentish village of Farningham. The business is named after Wadard, one of Farningham's Domesday landlords, a henchman of Bishop Odo and featured on the Bayeaux tapestry.
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