Memorials of the antiquities and architecture, family history and heraldry of the county of Essex
1845, First Edition. London : John Weale. Reading copy with both boards detached (and present). Spine heavily abraded and crumbling; text block shaken but with some stitching holding throughout. Preliminary and final leaves foxed; otherwise clean, with sparse faint marginal smudges. Plates retain tissue guards. Detached boards well-preserved, with expected light scuffs and edgewear. A serviceable, if delicate, example. Provenance: Bookplate of Mark Beauchamp Peacock. Item #466056
Physical description; 152 pages : illustrations, 34 plates (some colour). Notes; Title vignette (shield in colours). First appeared "in a larger work entitled 'Quarterly papers on architecture'" -- Preface. Subjects; Essex. Antiquities. Architecture. Family history. Heraldry. Genealogy. 19th century. Illustrated.
Price: €125.00