Author: Thomas Walker Horsfield
Title: The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex
Description: Lewes and London, Sussex Press, 1835. First edition. Leather. A delightful and lavishly illustrated first edition of Thomas Walker Horsfield's historical and topographical examination of Sussex. Written by Thomas Walker Horsfield, a topographer and historian best known for this work, which was considered a standard for its time.Complete in two volumes. The first and only edition of this important work, complete in two volumes. Containing the ownership bookplate of Daniel Watney to volume I and of M. B. E. H. Nixon to the second volume. Both volumes are illustrated with a frontispiece engraving, a folding map backed on cloth and wood engravings through the text. Volume I is also illustrated with twenty-nine plates. Volume II is illustrated with twenty-five plates. Collated, complete.An excellent first edition of this delightful illustrated history of Sussex. In a half calf binding. Externally generally smart; a little discoloured to the spine as to be expected. Slight edgewear and a little fading to the boards. Extremities are bumped. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little spotted. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Thomas Walker Horsfield History of Sussex Sussex History British Topography History of Sussex Not Stated


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