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Lot 83

GROSE (FRANCIS)
The Antiquities of England and Wales, 8 vol., unless otherwise stated Hooper & Wigstead (15)

15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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GROSE (FRANCIS)

The Antiquities of England and Wales, 8 vol., new edition, engraved titles, engraved portrait of Grose, 617 engraved plates (including frontispieces), one engraved folding map, 55 engraved County maps in the text, [1787]; The Antiquities of Scotland, 2 vol., engraved titles, 190 engraved plates, without the map,1797; The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vol., engraved titles, 261 engraved plates (including frontispieces), 1791; A Provincial Glossary, with a Collection of Local Proverbs and Popular Superstitions, Edward Jeffery, 1811, bound with: DARRELL (WILLIAM) The History of Dover Castle, engraved title, 8 plates, double-page map, one vignette, 1797; Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army, 3 parts in 2 vol., second edition, 3 engraved frontispieces, 142 plates (including frontispieces), J. Stockdale, 1812, together 16 vol. in 15, uniform nineteenth-century diced russia, sides with wide blind-tooled border, spine gilt within raised bands, folio (345 x 225mm.), unless otherwise stated Hooper & Wigstead (15)

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A HANDSOMELY BOUND LARGE PAPER SET.

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