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SMITH, John. Choir Gaur; The Grand Orrery of the Ancient Druids, commonly called Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain. Salisbury: printed for the author and sold by E. Easton, R. Horsfield and J. White, 1771. 4° (307 x 243mm). 2 engraved views, 3 folding plates, and one typographic diagram in the text. (Occasional faint soiling.) 19th-century ?remainder binding of watered-silk, printed label to upper cover, uncut (extremities rubbed and faded, spine ends slightly defective).
This work was probably inspired by John Wood's Choir Gaure of 1747, and contains a survey of the archaeological literature (Jones, Stukeley, Wood etc.) with Smith's notes on the astronomical uses of Stonehenge. Upcott notes that the views 'generally accompany the volume, but were not published with it', which suggests, together with the binding, that the present lot is a remainder. Upcott III, 1323-4.
This work was probably inspired by John Wood's Choir Gaure of 1747, and contains a survey of the archaeological literature (Jones, Stukeley, Wood etc.) with Smith's notes on the astronomical uses of Stonehenge. Upcott notes that the views 'generally accompany the volume, but were not published with it', which suggests, together with the binding, that the present lot is a remainder. Upcott III, 1323-4.