Cromwell t k (3 Ergebnisse)

Half-Leather. Zustand: VG. 1st. Anonymous, but written by Thomas Kittson Cromwell. Two volumes bound as one (dated 1818 and 1819), 199+176pp, fold out maps of Essex and Colchester as required, all plates present although a few bound out of order. A little scattered spotting but overall a VG clean copy, tightly bound in original half-calf with later replacement spine. A very nice complete copy.…

8vo., First Edition, Large Paper, with engraved and printed titles, and 41 fine engraved plates as called for; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, red sprinkled edges, back gilt with five raised bands, second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled in gilt, joints tender but sound, small loss at backstrip else an unusually crisp, clean copy. The complement of plates matches the binder's directions bound in. Anderson p.262; Steward 363.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A smart first edition of this substantial topographical survey of Essex, illustrated with folding maps and ninety-four engraved views of the county"s towns, churches, ruins, and country seats. Two volumes bound in one, in a dark contemporary half calf binding with cloth boards. First edition. A detailed, richly illustrated early 19th century topographical survey of Essex, covering the county's local history, antiquarian studies, and architecture, with travel writing in the form of a comprehensive county guide. Volume I is illustrated with a folding map frontispiece, an extra engraved title page and a further fifty-four plates. Collated, complete. Volume II is illustrated with a folding map frontispiece, an extra engraved title page and a further forty plates. Collated, complete. Arranged alphabetically and geographically, the work documents towns, villages, churches, country houses, monastic ruins, Roman remains, and other sites of interest across the county. The text preserves contemporary accounts of numerous historic Essex landmarks, including Maldon, Chelmsford, Colchester, Barking Abbey, and the priory at Tiptree, alongside descriptions of seats belonging to the county"s nobility and gentry. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight rubbing to boards. Hinges strained with slight chipping to endpapers at gutter, but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to first and last few leaves and margins of plates. Slight offsetting from plate to facing pages. Very Good Indeed. None Stated (illustrator). book.…