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Wiltshire from Gough's extension of Camden's Britannia

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Book Title: Wiltshire from Gough's extension of Camden's Britannia
County: Wiltshire
Wilts Category: Wiltshire
Plates: engraving of Stonehenge in text on p135 (copy of engraving of 1575)
Plate X Plan & Elevations of Old Sarum (opposite p.152)
Plate XI Details of tombs in Salisbury Cathedral (opposite p.153)
Plate XII Stonehenge early engraving & 4 plans by Wood, Jones, Smith, Stukeley
Crude wood-cut of early Stonehenge sketch in text on p.155
Plate XIII Sketch of Priest on crutches & white horse (opposite p.158)
Author: Camden, William
Date: 1805


Condition:
Late C19th dark blue stippled limp cloth. Damp damage to top cover only affecting one plate internaklly. Interleaved with blank sheets for extra illustrations.
New printed title page: "WILTSHIRE BY WILLIAM CAMDEN, CONTINUED BY GOUGH"

Purchase date: 01/05/2002
Bookseller: Bolton Books; Hants
Cost: £100.00

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