Lot 150 , Packe, Christopher - [part Greek title, Ankoipa-ia,] sive Convallium Descriptio. In which are briefly but fully expounded the Origine, Course and Insertion; Extent, Elevation and Congruity of all the Valleys and Hills, B

Packe, Christopher - [part Greek title, Ankoipa-ia,] sive Convallium Descriptio. In which are briefly but fully expounded the Origine, Course and Insertion; Extent, Elevation and Congruity of all the Valleys and Hills, Brooks and Rivers, (as an Explanation of a new Philosophico-Chorographical Chart of east Kent)... 1st edition. original grey boards, uncut (with old cloth replacement spine), sm. folo. Canterbury: printed and sold by J. Abree, for the Author, 1743. * the author (a Canterbury Doctor, and correspondent of Sir Hans Sloane) produced this handbook to accompany his very scarce map - "A Geographical Delineation of The Country Sixteen Miles Round the City of Canterbury..." (on 4 large sheets, 1743); apparently the world's first geomorphological map. Sold together with another copy - without the title; sometime rebound blind and gilt ruled calf, gilt lettered upper cover and spine. sm. folio. (2)
£100-140

Condition:
1) prob lacks half title, title with hole at upper gutter margin clear of printing, save just touching v (of Valleys), and opposite at fore-edge margin 2 holes clear of printing, another same margin (but clear), inner joint cracked, bds. marked, inside reasonable; A2, B-Z2, Aa-Ff2; ex Margate Pl. with sm. stamp title verso; 2) some fading to upper bd and spine, e.ps replaced, gen. good, mod. pict. book plate, old ownership head of title. If not having the map's legendary rarity, a book v. hard to find.