拍品 162
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CHAUNCY, Henry (1632-1719). The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire. London: Printed for Ben. Griffin and others, 1700. 2° (382 x 242mm). With the leaf of directions to the binder. Title printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, and 44 engraved plates most double-page or folding including the county map. (Some mostly-marginal repaired tears.) Contemporary morocco by Bedford, spine gilt in compartments and with black morocco label, sides with gilt triple fillet and gilt turn-ins, edges gilt (extremities lightly rubbed, sides lightly scuffed). Provenance: Henry Hucks Gibbs (1819-1907, 1st Baron Aldenham, merchant banker; armorial bookplate of 'Aldenham House, Herts') -- John G. Murray (bookplate).
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CHAUNCY, Henry (1632-1719). The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire. London: Printed for Ben. Griffin and others, 1700. 2° (382 x 242mm). With the leaf of directions to the binder. Title printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, and 44 engraved plates most double-page or folding including the county map. (Some mostly-marginal repaired tears.) Contemporary morocco by Bedford, spine gilt in compartments and with black morocco label, sides with gilt triple fillet and gilt turn-ins, edges gilt (extremities lightly rubbed, sides lightly scuffed). Provenance: Henry Hucks Gibbs (1819-1907, 1st Baron Aldenham, merchant banker; armorial bookplate of 'Aldenham House, Herts') -- John G. Murray (bookplate).

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CHAUNCY, Henry (1632-1719). The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire. London: Printed for Ben. Griffin and others, 1700. 2° (382 x 242mm). With the leaf of directions to the binder. Title printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, and 44 engraved plates most double-page or folding including the county map. (Some mostly-marginal repaired tears.) Contemporary morocco by Bedford, spine gilt in compartments and with black morocco label, sides with gilt triple fillet and gilt turn-ins, edges gilt (extremities lightly rubbed, sides lightly scuffed). Provenance: Henry Hucks Gibbs (1819-1907, 1st Baron Aldenham, merchant banker; armorial bookplate of 'Aldenham House, Herts') -- John G. Murray (bookplate).

'THE FIRST TRUE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY', its fine plates 'a valuable contemporary record of a period notable in Hertfordshire for the building or comprehensive remodelling of its country houses' (ODNB). One of only c. 500 copies, this one handsomely bound by Bedford. Brunet I, 1827 ('one of the rarest works dealing with the topography of England'); Lowndes 430 ('much esteemed county history'); Upcott 333; Wing C7341.
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