Lot 56 , KENT: Battely, John - Antiquitates Rutupinae. editio secunda. title vignette, 4 maps and 8 plates (some folded); issued with (Same Author) - Antiqitates S. Edmundi Burgi ad Annum MDCCLXII. Perductae. 2 plates and folded

° KENT: Battely, John - Antiquitates Rutupinae. editio secunda. title vignette, 4 maps and 8 plates (some folded); issued with (Same Author) - Antiqitates S. Edmundi Burgi ad Annum MDCCLXII. Perductae. 2 plates and folded plan; contemp. panelled calf, 4to. Oxford, 1745; Battely, John - The Antiquities of Richborough and Reculver. Abridged from the Latin of Mr. Archdeacon Battely. map and engraved plate; rebound calf backed cloth with printed label, sm.cr.8vo. 1774; Battely, John - Antiquitates Rutupinae...Opus Postumum. title vignette, folded map and 3 folded plates, engraved text illus., earlier 20th cent. half calf and cloth. Oxford, 1711. (3)
£60-100

Condition:
1) joints cracked, spine worn, ex Wilts. Co. Lib., sm.stamp on title, labels removed from the e/ps.; the 2 works together as issued - with the initial 'Opera Posthuma' title, some other leather wear, inside fairly clean; (12), 138, (4) and (3), 164pp.; 2) new e/ps., some text spotting, clean tear pp.145/46, marginal repairs to map at gutter. (1), X, 152pp.; 3) new e/ps., title darkened o/w. reasonable, neat ownership (1714) on title; the first edition of this work. (8), 92, (3) pp.

Sold for £70