The Antiquities of England and Wales.
by Grose, Francis. [4 DIFFERENT WORKS ON LARGE-PAPER - 16 VOLUMES]
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London: Hooper & Wigstead, 1783-1797.. Hardcover. Good. Folio. Eight volumes. I: [ii], iv, [iv], 160, 63pp.; II: [iv], 61-250pp.; III: [iv], 168pp.; IV: [iv], 188pp.; V: [iv], 195pp.; VI: [iv], 215pp.; VII: [vi], 114pp.; VIII: [ii], 4, iv, 172pp. I: []2, a3, B2-Z2, AA2-SS2, A2-Q2; II: []2, Q2-Z2, AA2-ZZ2, 3A2-3R2 (3R2 blank); III: []2, A2-Z2, AA2-TT2; IV: []2, A2-Z2, AA2-ZZ2, 3A2-3B2; V: []2, A2-Z2, AA2-ZZ2, 3A2-3C2; VI: []2, A2-Z2, AA2-ZZ2, 3A2-3H2; VII: []3, B2-Z2, AA2-GG2 (GG2 blank); VIII: []3, A2-Z2, AA2-TT2, []4. Large-paper copy. Contemporary calf, repaired. With 8 engraved titles with vignettes, portrait, folding map, and 635 plates. Anderson, p. 4. WITH: Grose. Francis. The Antiquities of Scotland. London: printed for Hooper & Wigstead, no: 212, High Holborn, 1797. Folio. Two volumes. I: [ix], iv, xviii [i.e. xxiii], [1], 170, 173*-176*pp.; II: iv, 171-308pp. Title-pages engraved. Pagination and register in this copy are continuous. Large-paper copy. Contemporary calf, repaired. With 85 plates (one folded) in volume I and 106 plates in volume II. Lewine, Bibliography of 18th Century Art & Illustrated Books, p. 226; ESTC N30462. WITH: Grose, Francis. The Antiquities of Ireland. London: Printed for S. Hooper, 1791-1795. Folio. Two volumes. Large-paper copy. Contemporary calf, repaired. With 2 engraved titles with vignettes and 268 plates on 261 leaves. Anderson, p. 415; Lewine, Bibliography of 18th Century Art & Illustrated Books, p. 226. WITH: Grose, Francis. The Antiquarian Repertory: A Miscellaneous Assemblage of Topography, History, Biography, Customs, and Manners. London: Printed and Published for Edward Jeffery, 1807-1809. Folio. Four volumes. I: XXII, 391pp.; II: viii, 432pp.; III: VI, vi, 446pp.; IV: xvi, 744pp. Large-paper copy. Contemporary calf, repaired. With plates. From the library of Chalmers Hadley.
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- Sam Gatteno Books (US)
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- 1979
- Title
- The Antiquities of England and Wales.
- Author
- Grose, Francis. [4 DIFFERENT WORKS ON LARGE-PAPER - 16 VOLUMES]
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- London: Hooper & Wigstead, 1783-1797.
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- Eighteenth Century Books;
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