Antiquities of Bristow in the middle centuries; including the toe, and the life of William Canynges
by Dallaway, Rev.James
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bristol: Bristol, Mirror Office, 1834. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 31 cm x 24.5 cm, iv (4) 212 (10) pages, the title page printed in red and black. Frontis illustration + 3 other full-page plates the plate before page 185 hand coloured as are the printed armorial shields which occur throughout the volume. Small armorial bookplate to front paste down and verso of front blank for" Church House Bristol", also printed ownership label of Harold E Mathews to front paste down. The contents clean and tight with no inscriptions. Later (not recent) plain half burgundy calf with black title label. Light rubbing to edges and corners, the binding tight with no splits or staining. Believe to be one of 6 large paper copies with the engraved plate bound before page.185 hand-coloured, as are also the printed armorial shields, and three additional engravings. The plates do not appear in the smaller 8vo edition.
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- Bookseller
- Hereward Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002975
- Title
- Antiquities of Bristow in the middle centuries; including the toe, and the life of William Canynges
- Author
- Dallaway, Rev.James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bristol, Mirror Office
- Place of Publication
- Bristol
- Date Published
- 1834
- Keywords
- BRISTOL, SOMERSET
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