Lot 282 , CHESTER: [Pigot, John M.B.] History of the City of Chester from Its Foundation to the Present Time, first edition, 4 etched plates by G. Cuitt and 1 etched vignette to the title-page, 2pp. index to rear, near contemporar

° CHESTER: [Pigot, John M.B.] History of the City of Chester from Its Foundation to the Present Time, first edition, 4 etched plates by G. Cuitt and 1 etched vignette to the title-page, 2pp. index to rear, near contemporary red straight-grain morocco, black morocco lettering piece, Chester, T. Poole, 1815, 8vo. Sold with ‘A Concise History of the County and City of Chester’, [1791], and J.S. Prout’s ‘Antiquities of Chester’, [c.1840], and six more related to Chester (9).
£50-80

Condition:
Pigot- ‘Melchet Court, Romse’ stamp to initial blank, ink ownsership of ‘Nuttal’ to half-title, light browning and mild wave to the text, minor damp-staining to rear pastedown, sunned to spine, staining to upper cover, minor loss to lettering piece, light rubbing; ‘Concise’- folding plan to rear, 24pp. ‘Summary of the Life of St. Werburgh’ with separate pagination, lacking initial blank, endpapers replaced, modern rebind.

Sold for £240