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The Antiquities of England and Wales; [together with:] Supplement to the Antiquities of England and Wales; The Antiquities of Scotland; The Antiquities of Ireland.
by GROSE, Francis
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: S. Hooper,, 1773-95. The Foyle set First editions of the complete series of Grose's works on the antiquities of the British Isles, a vast, abundantly illustrated project, published over two decades, which did much to enhance popular appreciation of the medieval monuments of Britain. This set, handsomely and uniformly bound, is from the library of the noted bookseller and collector William Foyle, with his morocco booklabels. Four works in ten volumes, quarto (309 x 238 mm). Twentieth-century mottled calf by Zaehnsdorf, green and red labels, gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Illustrated throughout with full and half-page engravings. Expert repair to various joints, slight darkening to a few spines, small chip to one label, staining at foot of contents, minor repairs to plates, a very good, imposing set.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 155610
- Title
- The Antiquities of England and Wales; [together with:] Supplement to the Antiquities of England and Wales; The Antiquities of Scotland; The Antiquities of Ireland.
- Author
- GROSE, Francis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- London: S. Hooper,
- Date Published
- 1773-95
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...