Lysons (Samuel) A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities

Lysons (Samuel) A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, London: Cadell & Davies, 1803, tall folio, later rebound in half calf with marbled boards, red title label, 110 engraved plates of which 10 hand-coloured, seven of total plates from later editions, bound to the front with a manuscript letter from R. Buckman dated London, August 24, 1842 on behalf of T. Cadell's estate to the Rev H. J. Hacombe relating to the plates in 'Lyson's Gloucestershire', signed and addressed, postmarked with Penny Red; bound with an advertisement and Etchings of Views and Antiquities in the County of Gloucester, London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell et al., 1791, vignette title, 58 plates incomplete and from various editions; Good (J.) A Collection of Coats of Arms Borne by the Nobility and Gentry of the Country of Glocester, London: J. Good, 1792, folio, later half roan and cloth boards, marbled endpapers, engraved title, list of subscribers appended, 62 plates of arms (2)

Provenance:

A Gloucestershire book collector

Condition Report:

Lysons: Plate 8, 44, 53, 55, 59, 60, 64 from a later edition, two plates 52. Not collated. Enquire for full condition report