Lot 165 , Hasted, Edward - The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Containing the ancient and present state of it... the second edition.

Hasted, Edward - The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Containing the ancient and present state of it... the second edition. improved, corrected and continued to the present time... 12 vols. engraved armorial on titles, 32 plates (some folded) - 34 large scale folded maps of the hundreds, a folded pictorial plan of the city of Canterbury, 2 other plans, num. text engravings and decorations; uncut in the original grey boards with the printed spine labels )& much is unopened), med 8vo. Canterbury: Printed by W Bristow... 1797-1801. * bringing to an end the dedicated work of a lifetime; this set a remarkable "as issued" survival.
£300-400

Condition:
spines fragile, with some paper missing, some labels faded, 3 torn/defaced, vol. 4 front inner joint week, vol I upper bd. present but detached, vol.II decided spotting pp.263-84, o/w only sl. intermittent - guards on plates and maps have taken some; vol.8 with 14 line tipped in note (apologising for length of work). All plts. and text complete, approx. 495pp. (prelims) and 6892pp. text (full details on request). Ownership of Wm. Fleet (1834) & W.H. Fleet (1869) at front of most vols, their names only on titles.