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ATKYNS, Robert (1647-1711). The Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire ... The Second Edition, London: for T. Spilsbury, for W. Herbert (and others), 1768. 2° (424 x 270mm.), 8 engraved plates of coats-of-arms, 64 folding engraved plates (lacking the double-page map but another supplied by J. Cary, one plate torn and stained at fold, 2 plates repaired on versos, hole in plate of "Chepstow Castle", occasional light mainly marginal spotting), later half calf gilt (rubbed and scuffed, lightly stained). Provenance: Robert Biddulph Phillipps (armorial bookplate). Anderson p. 106; Brunet I, 539: "... une seconde édition ... qui est plus chère maintenant"; Upcott I, p. 230.

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