£880
J. Britton and E. W. Brayley. '....County of Cornwall,' grangerised, 1801 J. Britton and E. W. Brayley. 'A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Cornwall,' first edition, 8vo, title (311)- 524 pages, extra illustrated grangerised copy with 2 hand coloured maps, 190 engraved plates of views, coats of arms, portraits etc, fine quality half crimson morocco with raised bands and lettered in gilt with ornamental devices on the spine, condition fine, published by Sherwood, Neely and Jones, London, 1801. Illustrated with engravings from a number of key eighteenth and nineteenth century topographical works such as, ‘’A New Display of the Beauties of England’’, ‘’Grose’s Antiquities of England and Wales’’, ‘’Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet’’, and virtually the full compliment of plates from ‘’Britton and Brayley’s, Cornwall Illustrated’’, &C. with the bookplate of John Blowey. One of the most attractive examples of a grangerised copy to come on the market.
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