Lot 71 , LINCS: An Historical Account of the Antiquities in the Cathedral Church of St. Mary, Lincoln. Abridged from William of Malmesbury, Matthew Paris ... and several other authors in manuscript ...

° LINCS: An Historical Account of the Antiquities in the Cathedral Church of St. Mary, Lincoln. Abridged from William of Malmesbury, Matthew Paris ... and several other authors in manuscript ... newly rebound quarter calf and marbled boards, uncut. Lincoln, (1771); The History of Lincoln; containing an account of the Antiquities, Edifices, Trade, and Customs of that Ancient City ... pictorial title vignette and 4 plates; gilt-lettered old binder's cloth. Lincoln, 1816; The History of Lincoln: with an appendix ... full-page text engravings, half title. contemp. red half calf and marbled boards, sm.8vo. Lincoln, 1810; sold with 2 other old books on the County (5)
£60-80

Condition:
Cathedral - new e/ps., title with sm. hole and some soiling. IV,5-56pp.; Lincoln 1816 - sm. split on lwr. spine joint, some intermittent spotting - but reasonable, some old ms.marginal notes. (III)-(IX), 224, (10)pp., lacks half title; Lincoln 1810 - lt. leather wear, certain amount of intermittent spotting, etc. 9, VII, (13)-312 and (3)-27pp., appears complete; Others - An Historical & Descriptive Account of Lincolnshire, vol.1. only (of 2), 1828 plts. etc., sm.8vo. title and 1 prelim. leaf bound after p.16; Cooke's Description of Lincs, good half morocco copy, orig. wrapps. bound-in, folded map (?ca.1830)

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