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LEWIS, John. The History and Antiquities, Ecclesiastical and Civil, of the Isle of Tenet in Kent, London: John March, 1723, 2 parts in one volume, 4°, FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, title printed in red and black with vignette, 4 plates, contemporary signature "Francis Dodsworth" and later presentation inscription on title, another signature "Peter Nouaille" (?) mounted on front free endpaper, 19th-century morocco (extremities lightly rubbed) -- John PHILIPOTT. Villare Cantianum or Kent Surveyed and Illustrated, London: William Godbid, 1659, small 2°, 2 folding engraved maps (worn, hole in Bbb4, occasional light browning and staining), 18th-century calf (rebacked, corners worn); and a copy of Dearn's Weald of Kent (1814).
Mounted at the front of the first work is a 2pp. letter from W. G. Thorpe to T. W. Brookes, dated May 21 1890, stating: "Francis Dodsworth who once owned the book was a famous antiquary." (3)
Mounted at the front of the first work is a 2pp. letter from W. G. Thorpe to T. W. Brookes, dated May 21 1890, stating: "Francis Dodsworth who once owned the book was a famous antiquary." (3)