Lot 7 , Stow, John - The Survey of London: containing the original, increase, moderne estate, and government of

Stow, John - The Survey of London: containing the original, increase, moderne estate, and government of that City, methodically set downe ... (4th edition) completely finished by the study and labour of A.M.H.D. and others ... woodcut frontis, numbered armorials (some f-page), text decorations; old mottled calf (covers renewed), rebacked with panelled spine and red gilt label, folio, printed by Elizabeth Purslow, and are to be sold by Nicholas Bourne ... 1633
Estimate £200-300

Quite a good repair job, inside some few usual marks, but good generally, paper repair fore-margin p.394, lower marginal tear pp.463/64 - not affecting text, index page tear affects only 1 number (13), 939, (28) pp and frontis; including part titles. Contemporary ownership - 'Robert Rowdon/ his Booke', and a related early 18th century inscription, late 19th century pictorial bookplate or Bernard Tennant.


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Sold for £320