Author: Thomas Dinham Atkinson; John Willis Clark
Title: Cambridge Described & Illustrated: Being a Short History of the Town and University
Description: London, Macmillan and Company, Limited, 1897. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this work concerning the historical town and university of Cambridge, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-eight plates. Collated complete. A detailed work on the town of Cambridge, with notes on its early history from its known origins, descriptions of its topography and architecture, as well as special reference to the university. Written by Thomas Dinham Atkinson, a prolific English author on architecture. With an introduction by John Willis Clark, an English academic and antiquarian. Bound by Macmillan & Bowes, Cambridge. Bound in full black crushed morocco. Externally, smart with rubbing and light wear to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Bound by Macmillan & Bowes, Cambridge. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Cambridge History Town University History Clark Not Stated


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