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1st Ed. Large Paper copy. x + [iv] + 478pp. With 6pp. of Subscribers. Engraved ded. leaf, folding map, 14 ills., folding pedigree, 6 plates. Indecipherable signature to title page, light age toning, some spotting and offsetting, marbled e.ps., inner gilt dentelles, handsomely bound in contemporary diced calf with intricate dec. gilt and blind borders to boards, skilfuly rebacked with intricate gilt dec. spine laid down, a.e.g. Thomas Faulkner (1777 1855), topographer.A superb EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED copy with 85 quality mounted additional plates and illustrations, including many full page, dating from late C17th to early nineteenth century; including one folding of the Gallery of -Wyndham Esq. Hammersmith, some of church monuments, several images of Brandenburgh House, portraits of Hannah More, Queen Elizabeth, Mrs Billington, Mrs Hughes, James Elphinston, Ralph Walker, Johannes Radcliffe, Arthur Murphy, Edward Prince of Wales, Titus Oates, Bartolozzi, Mr Jacob Tonson, Samuel Richardson, Sr. Thomas Smyth, Robert Lowth, Thomas Lord Fairfax, John Robinson, Thomas Worlidge, original ink wash of the ghost of Hammersmith, etc. US$721.
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