Lot 73 , LINCS: Blore, Thomas - An Account of the Public Schools, Hospitals, and other Charitable Foundations, in the Borough of Stanford (sic) ... frontis and text engravings; old half calf and marbled boards, gilt-decorated and

° LINCS: Blore, Thomas - An Account of the Public Schools, Hospitals, and other Charitable Foundations, in the Borough of Stanford (sic) ... frontis and text engravings; old half calf and marbled boards, gilt-decorated and panelled spine with red label, marbled e/ps. Stamford, 1813; A Guide to Burghley House ... the seat of the Marquis of Exeter; containing a Catalogue of all the paintings, Antiquities, &c. ... 2 plates and d-page pedigree; original printed boards (rebacked), uncut. Stamford, 1815: The Survey and Antiquity of the Towns of Stamford ... and Tottenham-High-Cross ... together with the Turnament of Tottenham ... general title (as given) and the 3 part titles: Stamford (1717, by Richard Butcher); Tottenham (1718, by Wilhelm Bedwell); The Turnament (1718, by Wilhelm Bedwell): old blind-panelled calf (rebacked). printed for W. Meares,1717 (3)
£60-100

Condition:
new e/ps., intermittent foxing. Blore - sl. leather wear, title and frontis. foxing, o/w reasonable. XIV, 366 and 16pp.; Burghley - 'amateur' reback, new e/ps., marked title foxing and elsewhere, X, 292, (4)pp. and advert.leaf; Stamford - headpiece decoration and a text engraving. (16), 80pp. (only, ie. of 95pp.); Tottenham - head and tailpiece decorations. (4) & pp (101)-(135), with the mispaginations, as noted by Upcott; Turnament - head and tailpiece decorations, foxing more marked in this part. (8) and pp.(145)-158 (confirmed by Upcott). nb. Burghley is in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford, though just in Northants.

Sold for £50