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Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. FULL TITLE: 'The Ancient History and Description of the City of Exeter; containing the Ancient History etc. of the City; together with an Account of the sundry assaults given thereto from titme to time and the sieges it has sustained by the Romans under Vespasian AD 49 etc.Also a curious account of the Antiquity, Foundation and Building of St Peter's Cathedral Church with a Catalogue of all the Bishops of Tawton, Crediton & Exeter and authentic memoirs of their lives to which is added the Offices and Duties (as of old) of the sworn Officers of the City.' CONDITION: Attractively rebound with gilt decoration and lettering on the leather spine and corners. Marble patterned paper covered boards with matching marble patterned endpapers. The cover is without wear and is very pleasing. Tight binding but with brown spotting on title page and on several pages of text. Light brown discolouration throughout. There are inscriptions on 11 pages, mostly brief annotations and all are in the page margins. There is a 3 cm tear at side edge of page 307 and a printing fault at the outer base corner of page 260 with inaccurate cutting and the corner has been neatly folded back. 323 pages. Scarce copy of this early publication. 'Very good' condition in view of its antiquity.