THE NATURAL HISTORY OF STAFFORD-SHIRE.

Plot, Robert.

Published by Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1686

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1st Ed. Folio. [16], 450, [14] p., [1]. Engraved title page, dec. intitial letters, engraved vignette to head of dedication and first leaf of text, historiated initial letter, folding map bordered with in total 233 armorial shields (minor sm. splits to folds) and with sm. additional fold out of further armorial shields, 37 plates including 26 folding (one plate re-margined without loss to image, 1 repaired to verso). Marker pen notes to the imprimatur leaf bleeding through to recto of title page, title page cracked in part to gutter hinge, light browning, modern marbled e.ps., rebound in period style workmanlike modern light brown polished calf, some surface wear. Titlepage and first leaf of text with the signature of David Jones a subscriber, Robert Peake in pencil to head of first leaf.Errata: p. 450. Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), P2588; ESTC R21986 Plates signed by M. Burghers; map signed by Joseph Browne. On verso of title page: Imprimatur. Timo. Halton, Vice-Can. Oxon. Aprilis 16. 1686. Includes index. Final two leaves (3M3-3M4) contain list of subscribers. Robert Plot (bap. 1640, d. 1696), naturalist and antiquary. Following the same format as Plot s earlier work on Oxfordshire with the chapter headings comprise Of the Heavens and Air, Of the Waters, Of the Earths, Of Stones, Of Formed Stones, Of Plants, Of Brutes, Of Men and Women, Of Arts, Of Antiquities. US$1801.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF STAFFORD-SHIRE.
• Publisher: Oxford: Printed at the Theater
• Publication Date: 1686
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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