![STUKELEY, William (1687-1765). Itinerarium Curiosum: Centuria Prima. Or, An Account of the Antiquities and remarkable Curiosities in Nature and Art, observed in Travels through Great Brittan. Illustrated with One Hundred Folio Prints in Copper, [London: no publisher], 1725. 2° (346 x 220mm). Engraved allegorical title and 121 plates and plans by William Stukeley, some double-page or folding, without the text. (A few plates with repaired holes, occasionally with some loss, but replaced in early manuscript.) Contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco lettering-piece (rubbed and scuffed).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2003/CSK/2003_CSK_09590_0128_000(054410).jpg?w=1)
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STUKELEY, William (1687-1765). Itinerarium Curiosum: Centuria Prima. Or, An Account of the Antiquities and remarkable Curiosities in Nature and Art, observed in Travels through Great Brittan. Illustrated with One Hundred Folio Prints in Copper, [London: no publisher], 1725. 2° (346 x 220mm). Engraved allegorical title and 121 plates and plans by William Stukeley, some double-page or folding, without the text. (A few plates with repaired holes, occasionally with some loss, but replaced in early manuscript.) Contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco lettering-piece (rubbed and scuffed).
STUKELEY'S OWN COPY, SIGNED. An autograph note pasted onto the front free endpaper reads: "A Collection of 122 Engravings [including a number of unpublished plates]. William Stukeley's (The Antiquary) own copy ... with Autograph." At the front of the book is a contemporary 4-page list of plates and an additional autograph title reading: "Prints by Wm. Stukeley 1750." A number of the plates are annotated in the same hand. Brunet V, 571; Upcott xxx.
STUKELEY'S OWN COPY, SIGNED. An autograph note pasted onto the front free endpaper reads: "A Collection of 122 Engravings [including a number of unpublished plates]. William Stukeley's (The Antiquary) own copy ... with Autograph." At the front of the book is a contemporary 4-page list of plates and an additional autograph title reading: "Prints by Wm. Stukeley 1750." A number of the plates are annotated in the same hand. Brunet V, 571; Upcott xxx.
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