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CHAUNCY, Henry (1632-1719). The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, London: Ben Griffin, Sam Keble [and others], 1700. 2° (370 x 240mm.), title in red and black, engraved frontispiece portrait by J. Savage, double-page county map by H. Moll after J. Oliver, double-page plan of St Albans by J. Oliver, and 43 plates, most double-page, by J. Savage and others (some plates repaired with loss, some marginal browning), contemporary calf, spine gilt (extremities lightly rubbed, corners bumped). Brunet I, 1827: "Un des ouvrages les plus rares de ceux qui traitent de la topographie de l'Angleterre"; Lowndes II, 430: "500 copies were printed"; Upcott I, pp. 333-338; Wing C3741.

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CHAUNCY, Henry (1632-1719). The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, London: Ben Griffin, Sam Keble [and others], 1700. 2° (370 x 240mm.), title in red and black, engraved frontispiece portrait by J. Savage, double-page county map by H. Moll after J. Oliver, double-page plan of St Albans by J. Oliver, and 43 plates, most double-page, by J. Savage and others (some plates repaired with loss, some marginal browning), contemporary calf, spine gilt (extremities lightly rubbed, corners bumped). Brunet I, 1827: "Un des ouvrages les plus rares de ceux qui traitent de la topographie de l'Angleterre"; Lowndes II, 430: "500 copies were printed"; Upcott I, pp. 333-338; Wing C3741.

FISHER, Thomas (?1781-1836). Collections Historical, Genealogical, and Topographical for Bedfordshire, London: for Fisher by J. B. Nichols and Son & J. A. Arch, 1836. 2° (378 x 275mm.), additional engraved title, 114 engraved plates, some hand-coloured or tinted (titles spotted, some marginal browning and spotting), contemporary roan-backed cloth (extremities rubbed, corners bumped). Lowndes II, 802; Upcott I, 3.

With J. R. Abbey's Scenery of Great Britian and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 and Abbey Life (London, Curwen Press, 1952-53); and 3 others, all 19th-century works on London. (7)
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