Magna Britannia Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain Vol. II Part II Cheshire
by Daniel and Samuel Lysons
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Looe, Cornwall, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810. Superbly bound in decorated leather. Very thick bevelled boards in dark brown leather with geometric design in deeper brown. Rib pattern on board edges and gilt floral design surrounding marbled endpapers. Spine has 5 raised bands, similar design plus gilt titles. Owner's bookplate. All edges gilt, latticework diamond pattern incised in the gilt with flowers cut into the lattice spaces. The title page has been professionally replaced with a typed copy and should be easily replaced. The remaining book is otherwise intact and in superb condition. Can send photographs. Map plus 34 plates.. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8.5" x 11". Hardback.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bosco Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050411
- Title
- Magna Britannia Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain Vol. II Part II Cheshire
- Author
- Daniel and Samuel Lysons
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T. Cadell and W. Davies
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1810
- Size
- 8.5" x 11"
- Keywords
- Cheshire, Chester, Magna Britannia,
- Bookseller catalogs
- English Counties;
Terms of Sale
Bosco Books
Full refund on any book returned. Please notify within seven days.
About the Seller
Bosco Books
Biblio member since 2005
Looe, Cornwall, Aberdeen
About Bosco Books
Bookshop in converted Chapel in Cornish fishing port. We also stock old maps, prints and original paintings by local artists.
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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