Author: John Camden Hotten
Title: A Hand-Book to the Topography and Family History of England and Wales: Being a Descriptive Account of Twenty Thousand Most Curious and Rare Books, Old Tracts, Ancient Manuscripts, Engravings, and Privately Printed Family Papers, Relating to the History of Almost Every Landed Estate and Old English Family in the Country, Interspersed with Nearly Two Thousand Original Anecdotes, Topographical and Antiquarian Notes
Description: London, John Camden Hotten, 1863. First edition. Cloth. A first edition bibliographical handbook by John Camden Hotten, an extensive account of twenty-thousand books. The first edition of John Camden Hotten's brilliantly detail handbook, the most laborious and yet least known of his works. An extensive bibliography of Hotten's works on English and Welsh topography, detailing in total twenty thousand curious and rare books.John Camden Hotten was a bibliophile and publisher, best remembered for his clandestine publishing of erotic and pornographic works.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper wraps. Externally, generally smart. Small chip to the tail of the front wrap. Light discolouration and marks to the wraps and spine. A small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Stamp to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean. Blind stamp to the title page, to page 1/2, and 367/368. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: A Hand-Book to the Topography and Family History of England and Wales england wales topography england heraldry None


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