The Historical antiquities of Hertfordshire: with the original of Counties... villages and hamlets; the foundation and origin of monasteries, churches... Also the characters of the Abbots of St.Albans... London, Griffin u.a. 1700. Fol. Mit 7 (statt 45) Kupfertaf. 5 Bl., 601 S., 11 Bl. Läd. Ldr. d. Zt. (Vord. Deckel fehlt, Kap. mit Einrissen u. Fehlstellen, hint. Gelenk eingerissen, tls. beschabt).

Sehr seltene erste Ausgabe. - Only 500 copies of the first edition were printed in 1700 for "Ben Griffin in the Great Old Bailey, Sam. Keeble at the Turks-head in Fleet Street, Dan Browne at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-Bar, Dan. Midwinter and Theo. Leigh at the Rose and Crown in St. Pauls Church-yard." It contains a frontispiece portrait of Sir Henry Chauncy, a folding map of Hertfordshire by Herman Moll and a number of double page plates of country seats, By 1826, the new publisher reported the difficulty in finding a first edition without some plates missing. - Im vorlieg. Ex. vorhanden Titelportr. u. 6 Taf. Ohne Karte, Plan u. Ansichten. Die Taf. herausgetrennt, etw. gelockert u. tls. leicht randrissig. Vereinzelt stock- u. fingerfleckig. Hs. Besitzverm. a. Vors. - Althogh most of the plates have been removed, it still remains a historical reference.

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