Anecdotes of British Topography

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Early Detailed British Topography VG, First edition, in 19c half calf over red marbled boards, some blind tooling, 1 calf patch either side. Re-spined, old laid down, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to maroon calf label. Internally, [2], (xxxv), [1], [1], 2-740 pp, [34] index, crease to ffep, small Massachusetts Sports Wear circular stamp to tp and p 1, some very faint edge browning, ms ink authors name to tp, text block edges reddened, small margin paper loss p157/8. (266*212 mm). An excellent copy. Gough was a renowned antiquary of London and this is his first book. The author offers minute descriptions of antiquities found all over Great Britain and Ireland, using for reference, maps, books, charts and all manner of records held by cities and towns. ESTC T57083. Lowndes 812 for the 2nd ed.