1754 1st Edtn OBSERVATIONS OF THE ANTIQUITIES, HISTORICAL AND MONUMENTAL OF THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL By William Borlase Very Good History
1754 1st Edition ,
OBSERVATIONS OF THE ANTIQUITIES, HISTORICAL AND MONUMENTAL OF THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL
Consisting of several essays on the First Inhabitants, Druid Superstition, Customs, and Remains of the Most Remote Antiquity, In Britain, and The British Isles: Exemplify'd and prov'd by Monuments now Extant in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, Faithfully drawn on the Spot, and Engrav'd according to the Scales annex'd. with a summary of the Religious, Civil, and Military State of Cornwall before the Norman Conquest; Illustrated by the Plans and Elevations of Several Ancient Castles, An Eastern View of the Monastry and Site of St. Michael's Mount: and a Vocabulary of the Cornu-British Language.
By William Borlase
William Borlase (2 February 1696[1] – 31 August 1772), Cornish antiquary, geologist and naturalist. From 1722, he was Rector of Ludgvan, Cornwall, where he died. He is remembered for his works The Antiquities of Cornwall (1754; 2nd ed., 1769) and The Natural History of Cornwall (1758), although his plans for a parish-by-parish county history were abandoned.
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Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Published By: W. Jackson, Oxford
folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483),Pages 414
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SKU: BTETM0002365
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Very Good - Original full leather tastefully rebacked, contemporary ink signature to head of title page, some small tide marks and soiling to margins throughout, 31 plates inc. 24 full page and map present, pp.413, a very good copy Please see photos as part of condition report