2 maps, including folding county map, 25 engraved plates including one folding, 10 other engraved illus. in text; xvi+464pp; a little offsetting from some plates.
William Borlase [1696-1772], antiquary and naturalist, was rector of Ludgvan from 1722 until his death. 'This work was the first chronological account of the antiquities of the county, and the first book to describe, illustrate, and classify a significant number of them.' Oxford DNB. Thomas Morland Hocken [1836-1910] was a surgeon who settled in New Zealand. He was a famous collector and wrote the 'Bibliography of New Zealand Literature'.
2 maps, including folding county map, 25 engraved plates including one folding, 10 other engraved illus. in text; xvi+464pp; a little offsetting from some plates.
William Borlase [1696-1772], antiquary and naturalist, was rector of Ludgvan from 1722 until his death. 'This work was the first chronological account of the antiquities of the county, and the first book to describe, illustrate, and classify a significant number of them.' Oxford DNB. Thomas Morland Hocken [1836-1910] was a surgeon who settled in New Zealand. He was a famous collector and wrote the 'Bibliography of New Zealand Literature'.
| Binding | Large folio contemp. speckled calf, with double gilt fillets and red leather spine labels, spine rebacked, worn on corners, |
| Publication | Second Edition, Revised, Printed by W. Bowyer & J. Nichols, for S. Baker, G. Leigh and B. White, 1769. A nice clean tall copy. Thomas Hocken's copy with his bookplate and signature. UPCOTT 'A Bibliographical Account fof the Principal Works relating to English Topography' pp 82-86. |
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