Author: DEERING, CHARLES
Title: Nottinghamia Vetus Et Nova Or an Historical Account of the Ancient and Present State of the Town of Nottingham &C.
Description: Nottingham, For George Ayscough and Thomas Willington, 1751, First Edition. Hard Cover . Quarto, full calf, fronts. vi [2] 13pp. [2] pp.2-208 [12] pp.209-370. Rear board becoming detached, with blank detached but present; front board detached, along with leaves up to, but not including the introduction; close tear at front free endpaper. Some stubs, so some plates presumably excised, but those present are: View of the Front of the Castle of Nottingham (folding fronts.), East Prospect of Nottingham (folding); A South Aspect of the Town of Nottingham (folding); A West View of Chapel Bar; Town plan/map (folding, no legend); The Town Hall, A Prospect of ye County Hall as it appear'd in the Year 1750/Near the top of Barker-gate (two views, one page); St. Mary's Church/Collin's Hospital (two views, one page); The Tomb of the first and Second Earls of Clare in the South Isle of St. Mary's Church; St. Peter's Church/St. Nicholas's Church (two views, one page); The Stocking Frame; [The Stocking Frame] Plate 2; Bottom of Barker-gate/Middle of Pilcher-gate/Willoughby's Hospital/In Warsor-gate (four views, one page); The Hospital of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Gregory's Hospital/Handley's Hospital (two views, one page); Labourer's Hospital/Collin's Hospital (two views, one page); Wolley's Hospital/Bilby's Hospital (two views, one page); The Free-School/Barnaby Wartnaby's Bead House (two views, one page); The Charity School/The House of the Honble. Rothwell Willoughby Esq. (two views, one page); An East Prospect of the Castle (folding); A View of the Rock Holes in the Park near Nottingham belonging to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle; A Copy of a Plan of Nottingham Castle (folding); The remaining part of the old Front of Thurland Hall in Gridlesmithgate; Folding plate of stocking frame components, no legend. A few gatherings with some foxing, offsetting at plates, title &c, but they are generally well preserved, fronts. with closed tear near one fold, one other large folding plate with closed tear near gutter, slight marginal wear, including a few small holes, with extremely limited loss of text. Ownership stamp (partially struck through) at front paste-down endpaper, with below, a free-hand oval bordered inscription, "Smith of Nottingham". Heavy: please ask for shipping rate if outside Spain.

Keywords: Antiquarian Local History English England Eighteenth Century Nottinghamshire England Antiquarian


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