The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford (3 vol set + additional volume of proof illustrations)
de Clutterbuck, Robert
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Printed by and for Nichols, Son & Bentley, London, 3 vols, 1815, 1821 & 1827, 1st editions. Matching half leather bindings with brown pebbled cloth boards. Five raised bands to spine, gilt lettering to compartments two and four. Folio, 18ins x 12ins, marbled endpapers. Proof volume 19.75ins x 13.5ins with lettering to the front board (not the spine). There is a double page county map and 53 plates as listed in the binding directions, plus a duplicate plate which appears both as the frontis to volume one and on p65. Three of the plates are coloured. All plates present as listed. Volume one: [iv], xxxvii, (i),526pp, 106pp (appendices and index) plus frontis, double page map and 34 plates (one coloured). Volume two: title page, 554pp, 73pp (appendices and index) plus 8 plates. Volume three: [iv], 619pp, (i), 52pp (index), plus 11 plates (2 coloured). Proof volume contains 45 plates ( of which 26 are marked as ""proof"". Volume one contains pages 471/2 which are sometimes omitted. In the index of this volume page 36 is misnumber as 32. In volume one, the base of the binding instruction page and the tops of the index have been carefully repaired. Cloth to front board of volume three a little faded. Portfolio volume rubbed to top & bottom of spine and corners. Overall a VG set with the unusual addition of the proof volume. Very heavy c17kg, very expensive to post overseas.
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- The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford (3 vol set + additional volume of proof illustrations)
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