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Joseph Strutt. The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England:...
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Description
Joseph Strutt. The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England: Containing the Representations of all the English Monarchs, from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth; Together With Many of the Great Persons that were eminent under their several Reigns; on Sixty Copper Plates, Engraved by the Author. London: Printed for Benjamin and John White, 1793."A New Edition," with twelve additional plates. Large quarto (11.125 x 9 inches; 283 x 229 mm.). 119, [5, index]; [2], [2, preface], 24 pp. With seventy-two copper engraved plates printed in sepia; supplement with separate title-page, dated 1792.
Contemporary straight-grained red morocco, thick-thin and floral borders rolled in gilt, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, five raised bands intersected by a thick gilt rule, gilt board edges and turn ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Letterpress bookplate of Viscount Mersey and engraved armorial bookplate of John Barton affixed to front pastedown.
Lowndes, p. 1753.
Auction Info
2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #684 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2008
16th-18th
Thursday-Saturday
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