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Title
Historical Remarques
and
Observations
of the Ancient and Present State of
London and Westminster;
Shewing,
The Foundation, Walls, Gates, Towers, Bridges, Churches, Rivers, Wards, Palaces, Halls, Companies, Inns of Court and Chancery, Hospitals, Schools, Government, Charters, Courts & Priviledges thereof.
With an Account of the most Remarkable Accidents, as to Wars, Fires, Plagues, and other Occurrences which have happened therein for above Nine Hundred Years past, till the year 1681.
Illustrated with Pictures of the most considerable Matters, curiously Ingraven on Copper Plates; with the Arms of the Sixty Six Companies of London, and the time of their Incorporating.
By R. Burton..
[The FOURTH Edition – Quarter Leather Binding – 6 Illustrated Plates]
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Author
R Burton
[Nathaniel Crouch]
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Year of Publication
1691
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Publisher
London: Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultry near Cheapside.
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For
full description see below - after all photographs
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Description:
London: Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultry near Cheapside, 1691, Fourth Edition.
Recent quarter leather binding with gilt titles to a red label, gilt lines, marbled paper boards. Illustrated with 5 engraved plates plus the frontispiece (6 in total).
Frontispiece, title, [2], 233, [2]pp adverts. Pagination continuous, separate title page to the Second Part at page 117.
Provenance: bookplate for John T Beer loosely inserted to the front, unintelligible signatures to the front end paper.
Approximately 5 ¾ inches tall.
Condition Report
Externally
- Spine – very good condition – new spine, gilt titles to red label, gilt lines.
- Joints – very good condition.
- Corners – very good condition.
- Boards – very good condition – marbled paper covered boards.
- Page edges – good condition – all edges darkened.
- See above and photos.
Internally
- Hinges – very good condition – secure.
- Paste downs – very good condition – new.
- End papers – good condition – new first end paper, subsequently tanned and foxed, signature (unintelligible) to the front.
- Title – good condition – tanned.
- Pages – good condition – tanned with some foxing throughout, some pages thin and fragile to the top, illustrations printed on shorter paper – see photos.
- Binding – very good condition.
- See photos.
Publisher: see above.
Publication Date: 1691
Binding: Hardback
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