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Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. An early edition of John Washbourn's Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis, collecting documents published on the subject during the Civil War. Bound in full straight grain morocco. Second edition. Originally published in 1823 in three separate volumes, issued to subscribers.Compiled by John Washbourn, this work is comprised of copies of scarce and curious documents relating to the county and city of Gloucester, illustrative of and published during the civil war. This includes information on the military leaders and the government in the seventeenth century. Illustrated with a frontispiece, one additional plate and two maps. Collated, complete. Maps are bound towards the front of the work.With the bookplate of Edward Francis Witts, a clergyman and diarist who served as rector of Upper Slaughter in Gloucestershire. Bound in full straight grain morocco. Externally, very smart, with a few light marks to boards. Bookplate to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with a few marks to first few pages. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…