Author: Grose, Francis. [4 DIFFERENT WORKS ON LARGE-PAPER - 16 VOLUMES]
Title: The Antiquities of Ireland.
Description: London: Printed for S. Hooper, 1791-1795. 0. Hardcover. Folio. Two volumes. I: [iv], vi, xlii, [viii], 87pp.; II: [ii], vi, xv, 98pp. I: []2, a4 (a4 blank), B4-C4, *C-***C, D4-G4, A4-L4; II: []2, a4 (a4 blank), a4-b4, A4-M4, N2 (- N2 blank). Large-paper copy. Contemporary calf, rebacked. Original spines re-applied. With 2 engraved titles with vignettes and 268 plates on 261 leaves. Anderson, p. 415; Lewine, Bibliography of 18th Century Art & Illustrated Books, p. 226. WITH: Grose. Francis. The Antiquities of Scotland. London: printed for Hooper & Wigstead, no: 212, High Holborn, 1797. Folio. Two volumes. I: [ix], iv, xviii [i.e. xxiii], [1], 170, 173*-176*pp.; II: iv, 171-308pp. Title-pages engraved. Pagination and register in this copy are continuous. Large-paper copy. Contemporary calf, repaired. With 85 plates (one folded) in volume I and 106 plates in volume II. Lewine, Bibliography of 18th Century Art & Illustrated Books, p. 226; ESTC N30462. WITH: Grose, Francis. The Antiquities of England and Wales. London: Hooper & Wigstead, 1783-1797. Folio. Eight volumes. The engraved title-pages to volumes I-V and VIII are undated. The title-page to volume VI carries an additional imprint: Published 30 Decr. 1783 by S. Hooper. The title-page to volume VII is dated 1797. Volume VIII has the title: 'Supplement to the antiquities of England and Wales.', and lacks the edition statement. Contemporary calf, repaired. With eight engraved titles with vignettes, portrait, folding map, and 635 plates. Anderson, p. 4; ESTC N36392 (note for this edition). WITH: Grose, Francis. The Antiquarian Repertory: A Miscellaneous Assemblage of Topography, History, Biography, Customs, and Manners. London: Printed and Published for Edward Jeffery, 1807-1809. Folio. Four volumes. I: XXII, 391pp.; II: viii, 432pp.; III: VI, vi, 446pp.; IV: xvi, 744pp. Large-paper copy. Contemporary calf, repaired. With plates. From the library of Chalmers Hadley. Good.

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