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Title: Graphic Illustrations of British Antiquity
Description: London, W. Smith, 1817. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition work on the lovely antiquities of Britain, a beautiful volume illustrated with elegant engravings throughout. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this work, only one record of this being intuitionally held, at the Victoria and Albert Museum Libraries.A charming look at the beautiful antiquities of Britain, looking at the examples of antiquity in abbeys, castles, tombs, and more, with vivid descriptions on each one.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and forty-eight plates.Collated, bound without one plate, of Loch Leven Castle compared with the V and A copy.Bookseller's label to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, smart, with some light rubbing and marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the spine and extremities. Spine is a little faded. Bookseller's label to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spots. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

Keywords: Graphic Illustrations of British Antiquity antiquities antiquity england antiquities castles abbeys Various


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