England and Wales delineated, historical, entertaining and commercial : alphabetically arranged / by Thomas Dugdale, antiquarian; assisted by William Burnett, Civil Engineer. [volume 1 only]

Dugdale, Thomas

1850, First Edition. London : L. Tallis, [1850?]. Good copy bound in the original gilt-blocked olive cloth. Decorative blind tooling to front and rear panels. Spine bands slightly worn and rubbed, with dulling and rubbing to the panel edges. Corners bumped. Some surface staining evident to boards. Front hinge starting. Spine crack visible between plate and map sections. Scattered foxing around plate margins and title page. Light tanning to margins of main text. Previous owner's signature to front pastedown. Remains quite well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 164 pages; 1v.: 164p., plates, ports, maps ; 23cm. Note: 23 tissue-guarded steel-engraved plates - 10 folding maps. Engraved title page. Plates followed by text of 164p. with descriptions of towns in alphabetical order: Abberbury to Bicester. Subjects: Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Travel literature -- 19th century -- Gazetteers. At head of title/series title: Curiosities of Great Britain. Item #218773

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