Annales regioduni Hullini: or, the history of the royal and beautiful town of Kingston-upon-Hull
by Gent, Thomas
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/not applicable
- Seller
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Tampa , Florida, United States
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About This Item
York: Sold at the Printing Office, near the Star in Stone-Gate, York, by Ward and Chandler ... in Scarborough, and at their shop in ... London ; by George Ferraby ... in Hull ; at other places in the country ; and by J. Wilford ... London, 1735. Hardcover. Very Good/not applicable. Crown octavo (21x13 cm). - [4], xi, [3], 201, [34] pages. - Contemporary polished blind-stamped calf, with gilt borders; spine with 5 raised bands, and title in faded gilt. Head-cap rubbed, missing a small amount of material at tail-cap. - Frontispiece (23x27 cm engraved multiply folding plan of Hull; with faded handwritten notes on the back of the plan). - Front cover partially separating from binding, from the bottom up. (See photos for condition details.) - With 15 text engravings (some showing churches and historical scenes; and a few just decorations), but lacking the 5 plates called for. - Index, addenda and subscribers' list at end. - With old (contemporary?) armorial bookplate of the Finborough Library.
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- Bookseller
- Bibiliophilia Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000141
- Title
- Annales regioduni Hullini: or, the history of the royal and beautiful town of Kingston-upon-Hull
- Author
- Gent, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- not applicable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sold at the Printing Office, near the Star in Stone-Gate, York, by Ward and Chandler ... in Scarborough, and at their shop in ..
- Place of Publication
- York
- Date Published
- 1735
- Keywords
- ENGLAND - ENGLISH HISTORY - ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - WOODCUTS - CITY HIISTORY - 18TH CENTURY BOOKS - FOLDING MAPS - CHURCHES - ENGRAVINGS - FINBOROUGH LIBRARY
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About the Seller
Bibiliophilia Books
Biblio member since 2019
Tampa , Florida
About Bibiliophilia Books
Formerly Helena Szepe Books of Chicago, we have close to 40 years experience as sellers of antiquarian, rare, and interesting books and ephemera. We have recently moved ourselves and our books to sunny Florida.Specialties: Art, Early Printed Books, Science, Scholarly Books, German Books, Hungarian Books.
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