Author: Rev. Edward Conybeare
Title: Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of the first edition of Conybeare's topographical study of Cambridge and Ely, illustrated throughout by F. L. Griggs. One of 250 limited edition large paper copies of the first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two folding maps, and one hundred and four illustrations (including plates) by Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs. Griggs was an English etcher, architectural draughtsman and illustrator, associated with the late Arts and Crafts movement and the final phase of England's etching revival. Collated, complete. An illustrated study of the highways and byways of Ely and Cambridge by the cleric and author Edward Conybeare, who devotes chapters to various roads, monuments and regions of the area. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, though faded, more so to the spine. Light shelf wear to the boards and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are untrimmed but are very bright and clean. Offsetting to the end papers. Very Good . Ill.: Frederick L. Griggs. Very Good .

Keywords: Highways Cambridge Ely Edward Conybeare Cambridge British history British topography Frederick L. Griggs


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