Title
Hints on the Topography of Wiltshire
Book Publisher
Biography Subject
Book Author
Author
Hoare Sir R Colt
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Category
UK Topography
Subject
Wiltshire
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Series Sequence No,
Natural History
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Transport
Buildings
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County
Wiltshire
Town
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Departement
Purchase Date
06/26/2005
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Source
Ebay
Cost
$115.50
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Yes
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Estimated Value
$140.00
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2
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10
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2
Target price:
$40
£32 Hatch28 2 parts in 1, recent wrappers
£60 Ambra96
Ebay June 2005
£115.50 (£2.50 p&p)
Sold by patlid
Other bidders: 949winart 2 to £70, abbey_books 76.50, cessenon 5 bids to £111
I left max bid of £95 then raised it to £125 before going on holiday.
On offer here is a rare and unusual piece of Wiltshire topography. Written by Sir Richard Colt Hoare at Stourhead and published in Salisbury, presumably for the author as no booksellers name appears on the title page. The British Library catalogue it as privately printed. Various Wiltshire booksellers are listed as stockists on the original printed paper wrappers, which are bound in. Printed by Messrs. Brodie and Dowding 'on the canal'. Hoare's preface is dated 1818.
Chronologically, this small volume appears as Hoare's 'Ancient Wiltshire' is nearing completion ( the second volume was published in 1819 ) and four years before the first volume of 'Modern Wiltshire' is printed.
The purpose of this volume is to encourage all interested parties to do their bit to further the progress of what would eventually become the massive 'History of Modern Wiltshire'. Hoare, in his introduction, states ' I therefore address myself to all those who have leisure and inclination at command, and especially to the resident Clergy of our County, whose local situations render them particularly fitted for making those researches which will tend to procure the requisite information.'
As all of us with more than a nodding acquaintance with British topographical works know, generally the Vicar ( or the Curate ) wrote them.
After some pages of general hints as to content and style Hoare then lists each hundred of the county and their respective parishes. There are some scattered footnotes on particular features of each hundred.
A second, and seperately paginated, section headed 'Queries...' enlarges on these hints.
Dimensions are height 8.5" and width 5.5". There are, in total, 58 pages of text arranged as 6 preliminary pages, title etc, 44 pages of the core text and the aforementioned 'Queries' section of 8 pages. There are no illustrations.
Physically, this is an excellent copy with no defects other than a little age toning of the paper around the edges. The original printed paper wrappers are present, a dark salmon pink in colour.
The book is elegantly bound in crimson crushed morocco. Half bound i.e. leather spine and corners with matching marbled paper boards. Raised bands to the spine each with a gilt ruled line and a gilt decoration within each panel. The binder is not identified but it is first class workmanship, and fairly recent.
A further point of interest is that the book contains three small ownership ink stamps which read 'Christopher Wordsworth' arranged around his crest. This could be either the brother of William, the poet, or his son. Christopher the elder being at one time Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.
This is a rare book for which we could only find two recorded locations. The British Library has one copy as does the Bodleian in Oxford. One would imagine that there may be copies in Wiltshire County Libraries but these are not always catalogued online. Goddard's Bibliography of Wiltshire has no mention of it. We use the standard Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue to check locations and double check using COPAC.
This book is a recent acquisition and is not available for sale or listed anywhere other than on this site.
Please note our modest start price and that there is no reserve.
£32 Hatch28 2 parts in 1, recent wrappers
£60 Ambra96
Ebay June 2005
£115.50 (£2.50 p&p)
Sold by patlid
Other bidders: 949winart 2 to £70, abbey_books 76.50, cessenon 5 bids to £111
I left max bid of £95 then raised it to £125 before going on holiday.
On offer here is a rare and unusual piece of Wiltshire topography. Written by Sir Richard Colt Hoare at Stourhead and published in Salisbury, presumably for the author as no booksellers name appears on the title page. The British Library catalogue it as privately printed. Various Wiltshire booksellers are listed as stockists on the original printed paper wrappers, which are bound in. Printed by Messrs. Brodie and Dowding 'on the canal'. Hoare's preface is dated 1818.
Chronologically, this small volume appears as Hoare's 'Ancient Wiltshire' is nearing completion ( the second volume was published in 1819 ) and four years before the first volume of 'Modern Wiltshire' is printed.
The purpose of this volume is to encourage all interested parties to do their bit to further the progress of what would eventually become the massive 'History of Modern Wiltshire'. Hoare, in his introduction, states ' I therefore address myself to all those who have leisure and inclination at command, and especially to the resident Clergy of our County, whose local situations render them particularly fitted for making those researches which will tend to procure the requisite information.'
As all of us with more than a nodding acquaintance with British topographical works know, generally the Vicar ( or the Curate ) wrote them.
After some pages of general hints as to content and style Hoare then lists each hundred of the county and their respective parishes. There are some scattered footnotes on particular features of each hundred.
A second, and seperately paginated, section headed 'Queries...' enlarges on these hints.
Dimensions are height 8.5" and width 5.5". There are, in total, 58 pages of text arranged as 6 preliminary pages, title etc, 44 pages of the core text and the aforementioned 'Queries' section of 8 pages. There are no illustrations.
Physically, this is an excellent copy with no defects other than a little age toning of the paper around the edges. The original printed paper wrappers are present, a dark salmon pink in colour.
The book is elegantly bound in crimson crushed morocco. Half bound i.e. leather spine and corners with matching marbled paper boards. Raised bands to the spine each with a gilt ruled line and a gilt decoration within each panel. The binder is not identified but it is first class workmanship, and fairly recent.
A further point of interest is that the book contains three small ownership ink stamps which read 'Christopher Wordsworth' arranged around his crest. This could be either the brother of William, the poet, or his son. Christopher the elder being at one time Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.
This is a rare book for which we could only find two recorded locations. The British Library has one copy as does the Bodleian in Oxford. One would imagine that there may be copies in Wiltshire County Libraries but these are not always catalogued online. Goddard's Bibliography of Wiltshire has no mention of it. We use the standard Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue to check locations and double check using COPAC.
This book is a recent acquisition and is not available for sale or listed anywhere other than on this site.
Please note our modest start price and that there is no reserve.