English Topography: Or, a Series of Historical and Statistical Descriptions of the Several Counties of England and Wales; Accompanied by a Map of Each County
London: Printed for Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy, 1816. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. [5], 6-17, [18] pp. Followed by several unpaginated leaves. Each county's description (of which there are many) is unpaginated. Later (early twentieth-century) half sheep over pebbled red cloth, spine in five compartments with a later leather label bordered and lettered in gold. Later endpapers and pastedowns; all edges marbled. Lacks the final leaf, the statistics and description of the county Radnorshire of Wales. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with 57 plates, maps of each county. All plates hand-colored. Upcote xi. A lovely production, and a visual history of England and Wales in the early nineteenth century. Very Good. Item #000015988
The binding is Near Fine, the leaves are Very Good with occasional toning. Lacks one leaf.
Price: $1,250.00