Local Interest. Thoroton (Robert, Doctor of Physick (sic)), ...

Estimate

£100 - £150

Local Interest. Thoroton (Robert, Doctor of Physick (sic)), The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire [...], Beautified with Maps, Prospects, and Portraictures (sic), first edition, London: Printed by Robert White, for Henry Mortlock, at the Sign of the Phœnix in St. Paul's Church-yard, and the White-Hart in Westminster-Hall, 1677, double-column, pp: [vii], 507, [1] (blank), 8 (The Index of Armes (sic)), [36] (indexes), repaired black and red title-page, pages 201-204 supplied in early 19th c pen-and-ink facsimile, double-page county map and 10 double-page plates only, of which 3 have been repaired, 3 full-page plates, occasional, light worm trails in places, mostly marginal, occasionally within text, but with no loss of sense, a couple of leaves soiled, rebacked and recornered calf gilt of c1800, contemporary red-stained edges, marbled endpapers, folio (35.6 x 24cm), [Wing T1063]

Provenance: James Thorpe, armorial bookplate to recto pastedown, recto blank with MS ownership inscription: James Thorpe, 1842.