The Beauties of England and Wales: or, Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County; Embellished with Engravings; by J. Britton, J. Norris Brewer, Rev. J. Hodgson, F. C. Laird Vol. XV [Warwickshire, Westmorland, and Worcestershire Counties]

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., 1814. Hardcover. v, [1], 322, [22], 245, [7], 407, [9] pages, frontispiece, added engraved series title page, and 32 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. 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 "851" is faintly stamped at the foot of the the first page of text. The sections on Warwickshire, Westmorland, and Worcestershire Counties are paginated separately. Includes errata; lists of books, maps, and views relating to the counties; and indices. Plates include views of: Kenilworth Castle; Allesly Park (showing the mansion demolished in the early 20th century); Rugby School; Coventry; White Friars Monastery (Whitefriars, when it was used as a workhouse); Warwick Castle; Stratford upon Avon; Bewdley Bridge; and Malvern Abbey Gateway. In Good+ Condition: back cover rubbed; edges are lightly rubbed; sunned along fore-edge of front board; faint dampstain on lower spine; small dampstain at lower gutter of frontispiece, added engraved series title page, and title page; dampstain at lower gutter from Worcestershire p. 385 to the end; closed 5-cm. tear from upper edge of one plate; ex-library, as described above; otherwise, clean and solid. Good +. Item #011948

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