Author: Thomas Dudley Fosbroke
Title: Encyclopedia of Antiquities, and Elements of Archaeology, Classical and Mediaeval. In Two Volumes.
Description: London, John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1840. Leather. The uncommon second edition of Fosbroke's impressive reference work, with splendid fold-out plates. Complete in Two Volumes. With forty-five plates, collated complete. One ink stamp for Natural History Society, to title page. With a decorative bookplate for Paul Quick Karkeek to the front pastedown. 'A New Edition, with Improvements&apos. There is a T. Stephens bookbinder's label to the front pastedowns. Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, 1770-1842, antiquary. The Encyclopaedia of Antiquities was Fosbroke's largest work and "the first English publication of its kind" -ODNB. Recently rebacked in cloth, with half calf boards. Externally, rubbed to extremities. The hinges are strained. Internally, firmly bound, with foxing to the plates, first and last few pages, and pages around the plates. The frontis has been laid down. With a Torquay Natural History Society ink stamp to the title page. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Natural History T Stephens Paul Quick Karkeek T Stephens None
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Title: Encyclopedia of Antiquities, and Elements of Archaeology, Classical and Mediaeval. In Two Volumes.
Description: London, John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1840. Leather. The uncommon second edition of Fosbroke's impressive reference work, with splendid fold-out plates. Complete in Two Volumes. With forty-five plates, collated complete. One ink stamp for Natural History Society, to title page. With a decorative bookplate for Paul Quick Karkeek to the front pastedown. 'A New Edition, with Improvements&apos. There is a T. Stephens bookbinder's label to the front pastedowns. Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, 1770-1842, antiquary. The Encyclopaedia of Antiquities was Fosbroke's largest work and "the first English publication of its kind" -ODNB. Recently rebacked in cloth, with half calf boards. Externally, rubbed to extremities. The hinges are strained. Internally, firmly bound, with foxing to the plates, first and last few pages, and pages around the plates. The frontis has been laid down. With a Torquay Natural History Society ink stamp to the title page. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Natural History T Stephens Paul Quick Karkeek T Stephens None
Price: GBP 225.00 = appr. US$ 321.30 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: LTH16-D-5
- Book number: LTH16-D-5
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