The Beauties of England and Wales: or, Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County; Embellished with Engravings; by J. Hodgson, and F. C. Laird Vol. XII Part I [Northumberland County and Nottinghamshire County]

London: J. Harris; Longman and Co.; J. Walker; R. Baldwin; Sherwood and Co.; J. and J. Cundee; B. and R. Crosby and Co.; J. Cuthell; J. and J. Richardson; Cadell and Davies; C. and J. Rivington; and G. Cowie and Co., 1813. Hardcover. 247, [9], 411, [5] pages, frontispiece, added engraved series title page, 20 leaves of plates: tables; 22 cm. Red morocco spine with gilt-tooled spine title; dark red pebble-grain cloth over boards. All page edges have red speckling. White endpapers with blue fibers. Unpaginated pages following text contain lists of books, maps, and views relating to the Counties of Northumberland and Nottinghamshire; and indices. Each section is paginated separately. Ex-library: two small handwritten spine labels; front fixed endpaper bears late 19th-century bookplate of Sage Public Library, West Bay City, Mich.; small circulation pocket on back fixed endpaper. The number "845" is faintly stamped at the foot of the the first page of text. Plates include views of: Anderson Place, Newcastle, (demolished in 1834); remains of Tynemouth Priory; Chipchase Castle; excavations at Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, sometimes called the Sneinton Hermitage Caves; a Saxon arch near Southwell church, Nottinghamshire; Radford Gate, Nottinghamshire; and Newstead Abbey (home of Lord Byron). In Very Good Condition: edges are rubbed; ex-library, as described above; frontispiece is foxed; otherwise, clean and solid. Very Good. Item #011878

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