Lot 317 , Pitt, William. A Topographical History of Staffordshire; including Its Agriculture, Mines, and Manufactures, part 1 only, half-title, 16pp. ‘List of Subscriber’s’, 1 large engraved folding map with outline hand-colouring

° Pitt, William. A Topographical History of Staffordshire; including Its Agriculture, Mines, and Manufactures, part 1 only, half-title, 16pp. ‘List of Subscriber’s’, 1 large engraved folding map with outline hand-colouring, full calf bound by Bedford, red and green morocco lettering pieces, gilt turn-ins, t.e.g., Newcastle, by and for J. Smith, 1817, 8vo. Sold with the author’s copy [Chas E. Armiger?] of ‘A Short Account of the Ancient and Modern State of the City and Close of Lichfield’, 1819, and Edward Durell’s ‘An Account of the Island of Jersey’, 1837, and twenty more miscellaneous volumes of topography (23).
£60-90

Condition:
Pitt- bookplate of ‘Crewe Hall’ to front pastedown, blanks replaced, minor spotting verso the map; Durell- corner loss to front-free endpaper, contemporary ink ownership to title, errata verso last leaf, lightly rubbed, firm hinges.

Sold for £220