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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT

K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
Lot 203

LELAND (JOHN)
The Itinerary... To Which is Prefix'd... a Discourse Concerning Some Antiquities Lately Found in York-Shire, 9 vol., FIRST EDITION, 4to (10)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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LELAND (JOHN)

The Itinerary... To Which is Prefix'd... a Discourse Concerning Some Antiquities Lately Found in York-Shire, 9 vol., FIRST EDITION, edited by Thomas Hearne, one folding engraved plate, several engraved illustrations in the text, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, lacking most spine labels, 8vo, Oxford, at the Theatre, 1710-1712--STUKELEY (WILLIAM) Palaeographia Britannica: Or, Discourses on Antiquities in Britain. Number I[-II], 9 engraved plates (several folding), R. Manby, 1743[-Stamford, A. Rogers, 1746]; PARKIN (CHARLES) An Answer to Remarks upon Dr. Stukeley's, Origines Roystonianae, 3 engraved plates, for the Author, 1744; A Reply to the Peevish, Weak, and Malevolent Objections, Brought by Dr. Stukeley..., 4 engraved plates (several folding), Norwich, for the Author, 1748, 4 works bound in 1 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, contemporary calf, joints slightly weakened, 4to (10)

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Provenance: Second work, Sir Peter Thompson F.R.S. (1698-1770), bookplate on verso of first title; Francis Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861), bookplate.

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