1722 Antiquities of WESTMINSTER abbey with 57 [of 59] engraved plates 2-vol set

Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - A REBINDING COPY - WITH 57 [OF 59] ENGRAVED PLATES - PRICED ACCORDINGLY-[CRULL (Jodocus, late 17th-century and early 18th-century "miscellaneous writer" on historical subjects, with political and sociological insights. Though his life remains somewhat of a mystery, his works are still consulted by academic and popular history writers today, 1660-1713).The antiquities of St. Peter's or the abbey-church of Westminster: containing all the inscriptions and epitaphs upon the tombs and grave-stones... (London): E. Bell, et al., n.d. [1722, dated taken from ESTC]. Third edition. xvi, 256, [8, index]; viii, 201, [1, blank], [6, index], [32, appendix]; [4, postscript]; [8, publisher's catalogue] pp. Illustrated with a total of 57 engraved plates [of 59, lacking plates opposite page 50 and page 168 in Volume 1] of which 4 are folding. Leather bindings, disbound. Size: 8vo (19.5cm x 12.4cm).Fair only condition. An essentially disbound copy, being sold for rebinding. Bindings very worn. Upper board and flyleaf of Vol. 1 detached and upper board of Vol. 2 lacking. Fold-out frontispiece ov Vol. 1 rather mis-folded, and another fold-out plate with small repair verso. Pages and plates on the whole are reasonably well-preserved. A few plates rather age-toned. A few scattered paper flaws and marks here and there. Publisher's catalogue quite browned. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.We believe there is life in this worn set, and hence we are offering it as a rebinding copy. The bindings are very worn, and a couple of the single page plates are lacking, but the text and remaining 57 plates are quite acceptable and worthy of revival. Priced as such. key words:

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