Antiquarianism & Topography. Plot (Robert), The Natural ...

Hammer

£180

Antiquarianism & Topography. Plot (Robert), The Natural History of Stafford-shire, first edition, Oxford: Printed at the Theater (sic), 1686, lacking map, 37 engraved plates as called for, of which 26 are double-page, one defective and repaired, ten or so plates discreetly repaired, infrequent minor stains and slightly tatty leaves, contemporary gilt-panelled calf, upper-cover detached, lower split and loosening but holding, bumped, chipped and rubbed, lacking endpapers, folio (36 x 24cm), [&] Faussett (Rev. Bryan) & Smith (Charles Roach), Inventorium Sepulchrale: an Account of Some Antiquities Dug up [...] in the County of Kent, from A.D. 1757 to A.D. 1773, London: Printed for the Subscribers Only, 1856, plates and in-text illustrations, some stains, original publisher's cloth by Bone & Son, London, ticket, disbound, ex-lib and with their markings, stamps, and implied condition, 4to, (2)

Provenance: 1st: 1) My deare (sic) deare (sic) I was with thee poor Frank Brooke, verso pastedown with contemporary ink manuscript inscription; 2) Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers (1822-1859), of Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, his large format armorial bookplate engraved by B. Warwick. 2nd: R.S. Ferguson, F.S.A., contemporary armorial bookplate.