The Beauties of England and Wales: or, Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County; Embellished with Engravings; by the Rev. J. Nightingale Vol. XIII Part I [Shropshire County, and Somersetshire 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. 616 pages, frontispiece, added engraved series title page, 28 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. Somersetshire County concludes in the next volume (Vol. XIII Part II). Ex-library: remains of handwritten labels on spine; 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 "847" is faintly stamped at the foot of the the first page of text. Plates include views of: Shrewsbury; the ruins of Haughmond Abbey, Buildwas Abbey, Wenlock Abbey (Wenlock Priory), and Lilleshall Abbey; Bridgenorth (Bridgnorth); Ludlow Castle prior to new construction by the Earl of Powis; the ruins of Middle Castle (Myddle Castle); and Glastonbury. In Very Good+ Condition: edges are rubbed; ex-library, as described above; clean and solid. Good +. Item #011911

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