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Folio. Reprint of 1838 but no indication given. Paper smooth


Price Guide
Number of copies seen: 8
Target price: $180

£220 Ambra 44 half calf marbled boards sl.rubbed & spotted

£120 Hatch20 half roan, a little worn

£175 Wallis,Bath full calf or russia, spine rubbed

£319 D.Winter 9703 half green morocco, marbled boards nice copy

£88 D.Winter 9904
143 Stukeley (William). Stonehenge, a Temple Restor'd to the British Druids, 2 vols. in 1, 1740-1743 [really 1835-38], port. frontis. (spotted), piece excised from foot without loss to image, numerous plts., inc. some folding, a few minor repairs with adhesive tape, marginal dampstaining and spotting, later half morocco gilt, minor wear to head of spine, a few marks, folio
(1) £70-100 [£80.00]

£? Crewkerne sale 9912 v.poor half calf, covers detached

£180 Phillips,Bath 0001 qtr morocco marbled boards

08/1999 ABE:
Stukeley,William. STONEHENGE: A TEMPLE RESTOR'D TO THE BRITISH DRUIDS. [WITH] ABURY, A TEMPLE OF THE BRITISH DRUIDS, WITH SOME OTHERS DESCRIBED. [LONDON: FOR THE AUTHOR,1743.] London: W. Innnys and R. Manby, [1740.] [Actually 1838]. Folio. 13 3/4 x 8 1/2" [10],66,[4];[4],vi,102,vipp. 19th c. 1/2 morocco over cloth boards, banded spine, gilt, chipped at head, a.e.g., marbled endpapers; dampstain in lower corner, occ. dark, some foxing to plates; some cellotape repairs to folds of folding plates; lower edge of frontispiece cut off [no text loss]. 76 full-page (many folding); text cuts, decorative elements. William Stukeley (1687-1765), physician and later clergyman, was one of the co-founders of the Society of Antiquities. Archaeologists still refer to Stukeley's plates and to the volumes of his manuscript notes and sketches, many of them now in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, as accurate accounts, often the only ones ever made, of monuments now vanished," (Michell, p.10). Stukeley later became very involved wi
th studying the Druids. "It was not merely the arts and skills of these peoplethat he learnt to admire, but the sublime nature of their philosophy. Suddenly he was seized by an idea, so grand and noble, it affected his entire cast of mind, the idea that the Druids had first proclaimed in Britain the very same principles of true, patriarchal religion as were now upheld by the Church of England." Mitchell,p12. "While Stukeley's Patriarchal Religion was for a time forgotton, his advocacy for a Druidical origin for Avebury, Stonehenge and other stone circles long continued to consolidate and reinforce what was now an established piece of national folk-lore.' Piggot, The Druids,151p. The influence of his works was particularly strong on Blake and can be seen in the antiquarianism and romanticism about the Druids that followed him, "...he had erected a fantastic fabric of theory around which even more queer romantic pavilions and turreets piled up in the course of the second half of the century. The Druids became t
he philosopher-priests who campioned ancient liberty against the brutal Romans; they knew the secrets of the universe and the mysteries of the heavens." Piggot, William Stukeley.NY:1985.2nd ed,158p. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1740-1743 editions of Stukeley's important Druidical works. It was acomplished c1838. The paper is thicker and whiter than the original but it doesn't state that it is a reprint. NSTC 2S45417 & 2S45419. Graves 1585. Bonser/Troy 1212. Krown & Spellman, Booksellers: $600.00. (approx. £371)

ABE 2000/01
Stonehenge A Temple Restor'd to the British Druids. [Together with:] Abury, a Temple of the British Druids, with Some Others, Described. Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion; and of the peopling the British Islands. 1743 [i.e. 1838] by STUKELEY, William London Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby 1838 First edition. STUKELEY, William. Stonehenge. A Temple Restor'd to the British Druids. London: "Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, 1740" [i.e., Reid, 1838]. [Bound together with:] Abury, a Temple of the British Druids, with Some Others, Described. Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion; and of the peopling the British Islands. London: "Printed for the author: and sold by W. Innys, R. ManbyÉ., 1743" [i.e., Reid, 1838]. Facsimile reprint edition (without the instructions to the binder, on verso of final leaf of preface in Stonehenge). Two parts in one folio volume. [10], 66, [4]; [6], vi, 102, vi pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait and seventy-four (of seventy-five; lacking plate VI in Stone henge), some folding. Contemporary half black morocco over marbled paper boards, smooth spine lettered in gilt. Somewhat rubbed and worn, spine cracking, corners bumped. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Some edge-browning throughout. First title-page and frontispiece portrait lightly foxed. Still, a very good copy of this important work on Stonehenge. Lowndes IV, pp. 1540-1541 HBS 14871. $1,000 (Keywords: stukeley, william illustrated books english history antiquities)
The price of the book is US$ 1000.00
Please reference the seller's book # 14871 when ordering.
The seller is Heritage Book Shop, Inc.
8540 Melrose Avenue , Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A., 90069.
This is the book sold by Phillips of Bath only 4 days previously for £180 + 15% = £207 !!!

ABE 2002/1
STUKELEY, William Stonehenge A Temple Restor?d to the British Druids. [Together with:] Abury, a Temple of the British Druids, with Some Others, Described. Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion; and of the peopling the by STUKELEY, William London, W. Innys, 1838 Folio, two parts in one.frontis plus 75 plates. Half Black morocco over marbled boards. VG + condition. Foxing on title page and fronis only, otherwise VG. (Keywords: Archeology, Druids, Brutain StoneHenge, Silbury Hill, Abury)
The price of the book is US$ 900.00 I will be on vacation from July 19 to Aug 9. Should you like to reserve a book during this time, Please call (408) 241-8532. There will be someone here to reserve the book.
Please reference the seller's book # 1022 when ordering.
The seller is Tigers Tale Books 3435 Forest Avenue. , Santa Clara,, CA, U.S.A., 95050.
<mailto:art@alchemybooks.com> Ph: (408) 241-8532 Fax: (408) 241-8532
2002/10
STUKELEY, William Stonehenge A Temple Restor?d to the British Druids. [Together with:] Abury, a Temple of the British Druids, with Some Others, Described. Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion; and of the peopling the by STUKELEY, William London, W. Innys, 1838 Folio, two parts in one.frontis plus 75 plates. Half Black morocco over marbled boards. VG + condition. Foxing on title page and fronis only, otherwise VG. (Keywords: Archeology, Druids, Brutain StoneHenge, Silbury Hill, Abury)
The price of the book is US$ 1000.00 I will be on vacation from July 22 to Aug 18 . Should you like to reserve a book during this time, Please call (408) 241-8532. There will be someone here to reserve the book.
The seller is Tigers Tale Books
3435 Forest Ave , Santa Clara, CA, U.S.A., 95050.

ABE 2002/6:
STONEHENGE A TEMPLE RESTOR?D TO THE BRITISH DRUIDS. by Stukeley W London Printed for W Innys & R Manby at the West End of St Pauls 1740, together with ABURY, A Temple of the British Druids, with some others described. Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion; and of the peopling of the British Isles, London: printed for the author 1743, Vol 1, title page, 4pp dedication to Peregrine Duke of Ancaster & Kesteven, 3pp preface + 66pp + 3pp index, 35 engraved pls ( 9 folding) + frontispiece & two text illustrations, Vol 2, title page, 4pp dedication to Earl of Pembroke, vi pp preface + 102pp + 6pp index, 40 engraved pls (7 folding including large folding frontispiece plan of Avebury), No 38 misnumbered 39, 4 text illustrations. Bound in half contemporary leather rebacked with original spine with bands & decoration to panels relaid keeping original marbled endpapers, frontispiece slightly cut down & mounted on paper, spotting and foxing to plates £550.00 Though these volumes are dated 1740 & 43 they are in fact the 1838 reprint by Reid of London, using the original copper plates for the illustrations. The text was reset using very similar typefaces and the paper is of a heavier weight than the original so that there is no ghosting of the type (Keywords: STONEHENGE AVEBURY STUKELEY & HENGE MONUMENTS) The price of the book is £ 0.00
The seller is Castle Bookshop The Old Rectory, Llandyssil, Montgomery, Powys , Wales, POW, United Kingdom, SY15 6LQ.


D.Winter 2002/12
Stukeley (William). Stonehenge, a Temple Restor'd to the British Druids, bound with Abury, A Temple of the British Druids, with some others, Described, 1740-43 [really 1835-38], port. frontis., numerous engs. inc. many folding, some offsetting and minor spotting, upper inner joint broken, contemp. half morocco gilt, partly split at head of upper joint, rubbed & scuffed to extrems., folio
(1) £100-150


Bonhams Oxford Library of Eric Quayle Part 2 April 2006
Lot No: 637•
STUKELEY (WILLIAM)
Stonehenge. A Temple Restor'd to the British Druids; Abury. A Temple of the British Druids, 2 works in one vol., reprint of 1740-48 editions, 75 engraved plates (of 76, some folding), occasional browning, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, joints cracking, folio, [1838]
Left commission bid of £320. Sold for £240 plus Premium and tax
The missing plate is apparently #39. Plate is mis-numbered 39 so perhaps this has caused confusion and a plate isn't missing at all.


£220 Ambra 44 half calf marbled boards sl.rubbed & spotted

£120 Hatch20 half roan, a little worn

£175 Wallis,Bath full calf or russia, spine rubbed

£319 D.Winter 9703 half green morocco, marbled boards nice copy

£88 D.Winter 9904
143 Stukeley (William). Stonehenge, a Temple Restor'd to the British Druids, 2 vols. in 1, 1740-1743 [really 1835-38], port. frontis. (spotted), piece excised from foot without loss to image, numerous plts., inc. some folding, a few minor repairs with adhesive tape, marginal dampstaining and spotting, later half morocco gilt, minor wear to head of spine, a few marks, folio
(1) £70-100 [£80.00]

£? Crewkerne sale 9912 v.poor half calf, covers detached

£180 Phillips,Bath 0001 qtr morocco marbled boards

08/1999 ABE:
Stukeley,William. STONEHENGE: A TEMPLE RESTOR'D TO THE BRITISH DRUIDS. [WITH] ABURY, A TEMPLE OF THE BRITISH DRUIDS, WITH SOME OTHERS DESCRIBED. [LONDON: FOR THE AUTHOR,1743.] London: W. Innnys and R. Manby, [1740.] [Actually 1838]. Folio. 13 3/4 x 8 1/2" [10],66,[4];[4],vi,102,vipp. 19th c. 1/2 morocco over cloth boards, banded spine, gilt, chipped at head, a.e.g., marbled endpapers; dampstain in lower corner, occ. dark, some foxing to plates; some cellotape repairs to folds of folding plates; lower edge of frontispiece cut off [no text loss]. 76 full-page (many folding); text cuts, decorative elements. William Stukeley (1687-1765), physician and later clergyman, was one of the co-founders of the Society of Antiquities. Archaeologists still refer to Stukeley's plates and to the volumes of his manuscript notes and sketches, many of them now in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, as accurate accounts, often the only ones ever made, of monuments now vanished," (Michell, p.10). Stukeley later became very involved wi
th studying the Druids. "It was not merely the arts and skills of these peoplethat he learnt to admire, but the sublime nature of their philosophy. Suddenly he was seized by an idea, so grand and noble, it affected his entire cast of mind, the idea that the Druids had first proclaimed in Britain the very same principles of true, patriarchal religion as were now upheld by the Church of England." Mitchell,p12. "While Stukeley's Patriarchal Religion was for a time forgotton, his advocacy for a Druidical origin for Avebury, Stonehenge and other stone circles long continued to consolidate and reinforce what was now an established piece of national folk-lore.' Piggot, The Druids,151p. The influence of his works was particularly strong on Blake and can be seen in the antiquarianism and romanticism about the Druids that followed him, "...he had erected a fantastic fabric of theory around which even more queer romantic pavilions and turreets piled up in the course of the second half of the century. The Druids became t
he philosopher-priests who campioned ancient liberty against the brutal Romans; they knew the secrets of the universe and the mysteries of the heavens." Piggot, William Stukeley.NY:1985.2nd ed,158p. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1740-1743 editions of Stukeley's important Druidical works. It was acomplished c1838. The paper is thicker and whiter than the original but it doesn't state that it is a reprint. NSTC 2S45417 & 2S45419. Graves 1585. Bonser/Troy 1212. Krown & Spellman, Booksellers: $600.00. (approx. £371)

ABE 2000/01
Stonehenge A Temple Restor'd to the British Druids. [Together with:] Abury, a Temple of the British Druids, with Some Others, Described. Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion; and of the peopling the British Islands. 1743 [i.e. 1838] by STUKELEY, William London Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby 1838 First edition. STUKELEY, William. Stonehenge. A Temple Restor'd to the British Druids. London: "Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, 1740" [i.e., Reid, 1838]. [Bound together with:] Abury, a Temple of the British Druids, with Some Others, Described. Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion; and of the peopling the British Islands. London: "Printed for the author: and sold by W. Innys, R. ManbyÉ., 1743" [i.e., Reid, 1838]. Facsimile reprint edition (without the instructions to the binder, on verso of final leaf of preface in Stonehenge). Two parts in one folio volume. [10], 66, [4]; [6], vi, 102, vi pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait and seventy-four (of seventy-five; lacking plate VI in Stone henge), some folding. Contemporary half black morocco over marbled paper boards, smooth spine lettered in gilt. Somewhat rubbed and worn, spine cracking, corners bumped. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Some edge-browning throughout. First title-page and frontispiece portrait lightly foxed. Still, a very good copy of this important work on Stonehenge. Lowndes IV, pp. 1540-1541 HBS 14871. $1,000 (Keywords: stukeley, william illustrated books english history antiquities)
The price of the book is US$ 1000.00
Please reference the seller's book # 14871 when ordering.
The seller is Heritage Book Shop, Inc.
8540 Melrose Avenue , Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A., 90069.
This is the book sold by Phillips of Bath only 4 days previously for £180 + 15% = £207 !!!

ABE 2002/1
STUKELEY, William Stonehenge A Temple Restor?d to the British Druids. [Together with:] Abury, a Temple of the British Druids, with Some Others, Described. Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion; and of the peopling the by STUKELEY, William London, W. Innys, 1838 Folio, two parts in one.frontis plus 75 plates. Half Black morocco over marbled boards. VG + condition. Foxing on title page and fronis only, otherwise VG. (Keywords: Archeology, Druids, Brutain StoneHenge, Silbury Hill, Abury)
The price of the book is US$ 900.00 I will be on vacation from July 19 to Aug 9. Should you like to reserve a book during this time, Please call (408) 241-8532. There will be someone here to reserve the book.
Please reference the seller's book # 1022 when ordering.
The seller is Tigers Tale Books 3435 Forest Avenue. , Santa Clara,, CA, U.S.A., 95050.
<mailto:art@alchemybooks.com> Ph: (408) 241-8532 Fax: (408) 241-8532
2002/10
STUKELEY, William Stonehenge A Temple Restor?d to the British Druids. [Together with:] Abury, a Temple of the British Druids, with Some Others, Described. Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion; and of the peopling the by STUKELEY, William London, W. Innys, 1838 Folio, two parts in one.frontis plus 75 plates. Half Black morocco over marbled boards. VG + condition. Foxing on title page and fronis only, otherwise VG. (Keywords: Archeology, Druids, Brutain StoneHenge, Silbury Hill, Abury)
The price of the book is US$ 1000.00 I will be on vacation from July 22 to Aug 18 . Should you like to reserve a book during this time, Please call (408) 241-8532. There will be someone here to reserve the book.
The seller is Tigers Tale Books
3435 Forest Ave , Santa Clara, CA, U.S.A., 95050.

ABE 2002/6:
STONEHENGE A TEMPLE RESTOR?D TO THE BRITISH DRUIDS. by Stukeley W London Printed for W Innys & R Manby at the West End of St Pauls 1740, together with ABURY, A Temple of the British Druids, with some others described. Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion; and of the peopling of the British Isles, London: printed for the author 1743, Vol 1, title page, 4pp dedication to Peregrine Duke of Ancaster & Kesteven, 3pp preface + 66pp + 3pp index, 35 engraved pls ( 9 folding) + frontispiece & two text illustrations, Vol 2, title page, 4pp dedication to Earl of Pembroke, vi pp preface + 102pp + 6pp index, 40 engraved pls (7 folding including large folding frontispiece plan of Avebury), No 38 misnumbered 39, 4 text illustrations. Bound in half contemporary leather rebacked with original spine with bands & decoration to panels relaid keeping original marbled endpapers, frontispiece slightly cut down & mounted on paper, spotting and foxing to plates £550.00 Though these volumes are dated 1740 & 43 they are in fact the 1838 reprint by Reid of London, using the original copper plates for the illustrations. The text was reset using very similar typefaces and the paper is of a heavier weight than the original so that there is no ghosting of the type (Keywords: STONEHENGE AVEBURY STUKELEY & HENGE MONUMENTS) The price of the book is £ 0.00
The seller is Castle Bookshop The Old Rectory, Llandyssil, Montgomery, Powys , Wales, POW, United Kingdom, SY15 6LQ.


D.Winter 2002/12
Stukeley (William). Stonehenge, a Temple Restor'd to the British Druids, bound with Abury, A Temple of the British Druids, with some others, Described, 1740-43 [really 1835-38], port. frontis., numerous engs. inc. many folding, some offsetting and minor spotting, upper inner joint broken, contemp. half morocco gilt, partly split at head of upper joint, rubbed & scuffed to extrems., folio
(1) £100-150


Bonhams Oxford Library of Eric Quayle Part 2 April 2006
Lot No: 637•
STUKELEY (WILLIAM)
Stonehenge. A Temple Restor'd to the British Druids; Abury. A Temple of the British Druids, 2 works in one vol., reprint of 1740-48 editions, 75 engraved plates (of 76, some folding), occasional browning, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, joints cracking, folio, [1838]
Left commission bid of £320. Sold for £240 plus Premium and tax
The missing plate is apparently #39. Plate is mis-numbered 39 so perhaps this has caused confusion and a plate isn't missing at all.