The Antiquarian Repertory: A Miscellaneous Assemblage of Topography, History, Biography, Customs, and Manner. Intended to Illustrate and Preserve Several Valuable Remains of Old Times. Four Volume Set
Author:
GROSE, FRANCIS (compiled) & ASTLE, THOMAS (compiled)
Title:
The Antiquarian Repertory: A Miscellaneous Assemblage of Topography, History, Biography, Customs, and Manner. Intended to Illustrate and Preserve Several Valuable Remains of Old Times. Four Volume Set
Publisher:
Edward Geoffrey 1807 (vol1),1808 (vol 2&3), 1809 (vol 4)
Description:
4-volume set, Includes double-page colour plate of Great Fire of London, quarto, halfbound, marbled boards with gilt lettering & gilt decorative rule between five raised bands to brown leather spine, all page edges stained red, xxii + 391pp (vol 1), xii + 432pp (vol 2), viii + 446pp (vol 3), xvi + 744pp, illus, boards VG- (moderate rubbing, heavy bruising to spine extrems & board corners, spine head detached significantly to vol 4, front board of vol 4 & front board and rear board of vol 1 fully detached from spine, moderate browning to leather on boards, heavy creasing to spine extrems, some wear to vol 1 & 4 spines), text block VG (owner's book plate to all front pastedowns, some foxing and sporadiic tanning) VERY HEAVY SET
Keywords:
history Great Britain antiquities