Estimate: | £300 - £500 |
Hammer price: | £450 |
England Illustrated, or, A Compendium of the Natural History, Geography, Topography, and Antiquities Ecclesiastical and Civil, of England and Wales. With Maps of the Several Counties, and Engravings of many Remains of Antiquity, Remarkable Buildings, and Principal Towns. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1764. 2 volumes, 4to (288 x 225mm). 2 large folding engraved general maps of England and Wales by Thomas Kitchin at the front of each volume, 51 engraved county and island maps only (of 52, lacking the map of Hertfordshire), 29 engraved plates, illustrations (some light spotting and staining). Contemporary calf, the spines elaborately decorated in gilt with red morocco lettering-pieces (skilfully rebacked preserving old spines, minor repairs to corners, some light scuffing and staining). Provenance: Henry Wemyss Feilden (armorial bookplate); Catherine Haughton Jackson (old signatures on front pastedowns). FIRST EDITION. Brunet II, 180; Chubb CCXXIV (listed under Thomas Kitchin); Lowndes p.668; Upcott I, xxiv. With [William Herbert's] Select Views of London and its Environs; Containing a Collection of Highly-Finished Engravings (London, 1804, large 4to, engraved plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed). (3)