General Books - Nicolson - The Counties of Britain - A Tudor Atlas by John Speed

An atlas volume of forty steel-engraved plates of the Kings and Queens of England from Egbert to the Prince Regent, from the monumental The History of England by Thoyras [Pau] Rapin, with laid down title page stating 'Published by J & J Cundee, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, London'; the plates generally water stained to lower parts and with some light foxing; the original binding of superb quality red morocco bearing the impressed and gilded framed royal arms with repeated emblems (leek, thistle, shamrock and rose) around for the United Kingdom with ornamental corners; rebound at some time with later spine and board edges re-covered. Binding repaired but boards fine (lightly soiled), plates water stained. 786 grams, 32 x 25 cm



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Victoria County History of Kent-Vol I - Archibald Constable & Co., London, 1908 - hardback, cloth covers, gold titling to spine, library binding - 518 pp, text figures, fold-out map, colour and monochrome plates; one page detached. 2.49 kg, 30.5 x 23 cm



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Hubert Hall - The Receipt Roll of the Exchequer for Michaelmas Term xxxi Henry II, A.D.1185 - London School of Economics and Political Science, London, 1899 - hardback, cloth covers with gold titling and impressed text to cover 'Studies in Economic and Political Science' and 'Palæography Class' - 37 plates with pages of accompanying transcription and footnotes. 1.79 kg, 37.5 x 29 cm



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