The History of Monmouthshire; Views of its Principal Landscapes, Ruins, and Residences; WILLIAMS David 1738-1816 Publisher: H. Baldwin Publish Year: 1796 Publish Place: Illustrator: GARDNOR John Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 007699 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 1st Edition Inscription: Unknown £525 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information Extra illustrated. In 20c half black calf over black morocco cloth, some blind tooling, corners brushed. Spine, gilt tooling, gilt titles to maroon calf label. Internally, half title, tipped in ms note, map frontis (J Cary 1787), [14], [1], (ii-xi), [1], [1], 2-360 pp, [1], 2-199 pp, [1] errors, [6] names, 1 map, 36 pls, some short marginal pencil notes & light edge browning, 1 short margin tear to pl 30, paper watermarked 1794, plates dated 1793. Extra illustrated with facsimile leaf of ms notes on Caldecot Castle, 4 folding Buck plates, 1 additional pl of Raglan Castle Keep, & 2 folding genealogical leaves (Arthur & Herbert), new endpapers, some light top edge staining, edges uncut. Odd pagination but complete. 165 subscribers listed so probably not a large printing. (295*230 mm). (ESTC T78135. Abbey 537. Lowndes 2930). WILLIAMS, littérateur and political pamphleteer who with Benjamin Franklin, formed the Thirteen Club. See NLW DWB.
