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The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire 2 Volumes by SHAW Rev Stebbing - 1801

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The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire 2 Volumes

by SHAW Rev Stebbing

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Printed for and By J Nichols and Son. Very Good. 1801. Hardcover. 2 volume set. Published 1798 - 1801, Volume 1 xxiv + 125pp + xxxviii + 434pp + 38pp, Volume 2 xxxii + 13pp + [2] + 290pp + 20pp, 82 engraved plates with an additional 32 text illustrations, 3 folding pedigrees, folding map and plan. All present as listed. few small repairs, new endpapers, some sl water damage to extreme edge of margin of some pps in vol 2, mainly towards endof this volumes. Attractively recently bound in brown cloth, spine gilt embellished; Folio .
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  • Publisher Printed for and By J Nichols and Son
  • Date Published 1801
  • Keywords Staffordshire

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The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire. Complete Set of two Volumes (all published/fully restored). With an original Plan of Wolverhampton, A large map of Staffordshire, Engravings of Boscobel House, The Pedigree of Turton, Etchings of Kings Bromley, Pipe Ridware House, Lichfield, Site of Blythbury Priory, Mavesyn Ridware, Cathedral of Lichfield, View of Freeford, etc. etc. Volume I - Containing the Ancient and Modern History of Thirty Parishes in the Hundred of Offlow, arranged Geographically, with an Appendix of the most curious Charters &c. Illustrated with sixty-two copper plates and a copious Index / Volume II - Part1 (all published) - Containing the Prefatory Introduction, commencing with a Series of Original Letters from Plot's time to the present; General and Natural History &c. Ancient and Modern History of the remaining Parishes in the Hundred of Offlow and the Whole of Seisdon, arranged Geographically with an Appendix of curious Charters and other additions and Corrections &c. Illustrated wit: Compiled from the Manuscripts of Huntbach, Loxdale, Bishop Lyttelton, and other Collections of Dr.Wilkes, the Rev. T.Reilde. Including Erdeswicke's Survey of the County and the approved parts of Dr. Plot's Natural History. The whole brought down to the pr

by Shaw, Rev. Stebbing

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1798. London, J.Nichols and Son, 1798-1801. Large-Folio. Volume I: Folded Map of Staffordshire by W.Faden, Portrait of Rev. Shaw (detached), XXIV, (2), 125, XXXVIII, 434, 38 pages / Volume II, Part I: A Plan of Wolverhampton, XXXII, 290, 20 pages. With a double-page plan, a large, folded county map (coloured), 82 engraved plates, numerous vignettes within the text and 3 folded pedigree - tables. Modern Hardcover. Exceptionally restored. This work is difficult to handle if not in a sturdy binding ! Original Edition in professionally rebound halfleather with gilt lettering on spine and extra-strong boards, suited for this heavy set. This masterpiece of underestimated english local history is of great interest because of its fold out maps and numerous large folio etchings. Includes the two Fronticpiece-Maps: "The County of Staffordshire from the Improved Map in six sheets by W.Yates - published by W.Faden, Charing Cross, 1798" and " A Plan of Wolverhampton, surveyed in MDCCL by Isaac Taylor and… Read More
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The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire.

by SHAW Rev Stebbing 1762-1802

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London: Red Lion-passage, Fleet-street.: J Nichols, 1798. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. BASIRE RW. PITT Wm. SHAW S. BURGHERS M. GAIFER. BARRITT J. DONALDSON T. MAB. PADDEY R. . VG+, 2 vols, large paper subscribers copy, 83 pls. 31 cuts, including map, plan, portraits & views, complete. (50*30cm). In 20c Riviere half green morocco, green cloth, some gilt tooling, corners & edges rubbed. Spines, faded, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Vol 1, 1798, map frontis, [2], (v-xxiv), [2], 125, [1], [1], (ii-xii), (*xi-*xii), (xiii-xxxviii), 156, (*153-*158), 157-164, (165*-166*), 165-210, (*207-*214), 211-230, (229*230*), 231-414, (*411-*416), 415-434 pp, 38 index, 44 pls (2 folding), 18 woodcuts, some plates dated 1792 & 1779, paper watermarked 1794 & 1796. Vol 2, part 1 (no more published), 1802, [2], (iii-xxxii), 22, (*21-*22), 23-30, (27*-30*), 31-106, (105*-*107&107*), 107-172, (171*-*172), 173-216, (215*-217),… Read More
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