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EYTON, Robert William (1815-81). Antiquities of Shropshire. London: John Russell Smith, 1854-60.
12 volumes bound in 6, large 8° (247 x 155mm). Half titles in volumes 1-3 and 5, 135 wood-engraved plates and 14 maps, 13 folding, one double-page. (Some vols spotted.) Green morocco gilt by F. Bedford, triple fillet border on sides, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed, scuff mark on front cover of vol. 1, a few light stains on sides). Provenance: Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, 10th Baronet (1829-1900; bookplate). ONE OF 300 COPIES.
With volumes 1-9 of Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Shrewsbury and Oswestry, 1878-87), in green half morocco gilt by F. Bedford. This run includes Edward Woodall’s article on Charles Darwin with a Woodbury type photograph of Darwin by Leonard Darwin and 4 plates (vol. 8, pp.1-64).
12 volumes bound in 6, large 8° (247 x 155mm). Half titles in volumes 1-3 and 5, 135 wood-engraved plates and 14 maps, 13 folding, one double-page. (Some vols spotted.) Green morocco gilt by F. Bedford, triple fillet border on sides, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed, scuff mark on front cover of vol. 1, a few light stains on sides). Provenance: Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, 10th Baronet (1829-1900; bookplate). ONE OF 300 COPIES.
With volumes 1-9 of Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Shrewsbury and Oswestry, 1878-87), in green half morocco gilt by F. Bedford. This run includes Edward Woodall’s article on Charles Darwin with a Woodbury type photograph of Darwin by Leonard Darwin and 4 plates (vol. 8, pp.1-64).
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