The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire.

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VG, 2nd ed, 73 pls 1 additional. In contemporary speckled calf, corners repaired, edges scuffed.Skilfully rebacked preserving original morocco gilt title label, raised bands, gilt tooling. [10], [1], 2-452 pp, [6] index, 73 pls (mostly folding, containing maps, plans, views & coats of arms), additional plate, East View of Chestnut Tree, 1771, tipped to verso of ffep, endpapers renewed, binders label to fpd (William George's Sons, Bristol), text block edges reddened, some light edge browning, marks to covers, printed by T Spilsbury. A pleasing copy. (42.5*27.2cm). A large portion of this edition was destroyed by fire (as was a similar portion of the 1st ed!). (Lowndes 85. Upcott 250. ESTC T21872 ). Title continues: Illustrated with Seventy-Three Copper-Plates, Containing a Map of the County, a Plan and Prospect of the City, a View of the Cathedral, Sixty One Seats, and Three Hundred and Twenty Coats of Arms, of the Nobility and Gentry residing in the County at the Time of the first Publication. Atkyns, topographer and antiquary. See ODNB. ND