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Stonehenge a Temple Restor'd to the British Druids, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 34 engraved plates, 9 folding, of which 1 torn, trimmed and laid down in old repair, K1 with small loss to lower corner, not affecting text, bookplate, for W. Innes and R. Manby, 1740; Abury, a Temple of the British Druids ..., first edition, double page folding engraved frontispiece, 38 engraved plates, 2 folding, 1 table, K1 with small paper defect to lower margin, P1 with early marginal ink note, faint marginal staining to gutter towards end, not affecting text or images, bookplate, for the Author, 1743, uniformly bound in contemporary diced calf, the first rebacked retaining original backstrip, floral gilt borders, the second with small loss to spine extremities, folio (2).

A Curious Herbal..., vol. 1 only (of 2), lacking title, engraved throughout, 252 engraved plates (all un-coloured), and 63 engraved text ff., some manuscript inscriptions to plate versos at rear, 1 with large closed tear, final gathering loose (plate 241 onwards) with final plate torn away at corner (corner adhering to stitching, majority of plate loose), single index f. loose, a few plates with small tears, and a few creased at beginning, some soiling and toning, mainly marginal, near contemporary cloth, text block detached, worn and soiled.

The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, second edition, lacking initial and final blanks, also [par.]3 (Latin dedication) and 5N5, engraved pictorial title defective (lacking lower third, trimmed to border and laid down), with numerous woodcut illustrations, first couple of preliminaries torn and creased at inner margin, a little damp-stained at beginning but text generally clean, contemporary calf with central decorative lozenge in gilt, rebacked and recornered, rubbed, later endpapers, [Henrey 155; Hunt 223; STC 11751], folio, [by Adam Islip Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers], [1633].

Palæographia Britannica: or, Discourses on Antiquities in Britain. Number I., 2 folding engraved plates, 1743, bound before, Palæographia Britannica: or, Discourses on Antiquities in Britain. Number II, 5 engraved plates, 3 folding, Index bound at beginning, Stamford, 1746, together 2 parts bound in 1, first edition, dedication copy with bookplate of Philip Lord Hardwicke, engraved frontispieces, scattered very faint spotting, bookplates, contemporary calf, richly gilt with decorative birds and bees border, rebacked retaining original backstrip, very worn, expertly restored and repaired.

Britannia: or, a Chrorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland ... enlarged by the latest discoveries by Richard Gough, 4 vol., second Gough edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 104 plates, 8 folding, 57 engraved maps, 53 folding, 1 folding table, engraved illustrations, occasional off-setting, scattered spotting, occasional marginal water-staining to vol. 1&4, 4E1 vol. 2 with marginal tear not affecting text, modern half-red morocco, changeable green calf spine labels, richly gilt spines, 1806; and a modern facsimile of the 1695 edition of the same.