John layer (1 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First edition. Scarce first edition of this large paper volume concerning monumental inscriptions and coats of arms from Cambridgeshire. The first edition of this work, a scarce book. A detailed study of monumental inscriptions and coats of arms in Cambridgeshire, recorded by John Layer in 1632 and William Cole between 1742 and 1782; edited by W. M. Palmer.Illustrated with fifty-one full age plates. Collated, complete. With its unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities. Marks and offsetting to endpapers. Previous ownership inscription to front free endpaper dated 1953, and to verso half title, undated. Marginal pencil annotation to occasional leaf. Dust wrapper unclipped and sound with shelf wear, loss to head of spine and front wrap, chipping and closed tears tape repaired internally to wraps, visible to externals, sunned to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…