Lot 104 , SOMERSET, BRISTOL: Seyer, Rev. Samuel - Memoirs Historical and Topgraphical of Bristol and its Neighbourhood....2 vols. engraved pictorial and printed titles, num. plates (incl. maps and plans, some lithographed), text e

° SOMERSET, BRISTOL: Seyer, Rev. Samuel - Memoirs Historical and Topgraphical of Bristol and its Neighbourhood....2 vols. engraved pictorial and printed titles, num. plates (incl. maps and plans, some lithographed), text engravings, 2 subscriber's lists; rebound half calf and marbled boards, uncut, roy. 4to. Bristol, 1821-23; Seyer, Rev. Samuel - The Charters and Letters Patent granted by the Kings and Queens of England to the Town and City of Bristol. Newly translated, and accompanied by the original Latin. armorial engraving, subscribers' list; contemp. cloth backed paper boards (distressed), uncut, 4to. Bristol, 1812; Copies of the Settlements made by Edward Colston, Esq. for the Maintenance of his Almshouse...and of his Hospital....for the Maintaining and Education of Poor Boys....contemp. roan backed marbled boards, sm. 4to. Bristol, 1839 (3)
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Condition:
Memoirs - some marbled paper missing upper bd. vol. 2, new e/ps., good inside; printed wrapps. for Pts I and II (1822) loosely inserted, also the advert. slip for an 'Addenda' vol. - 'Notices of Ancient Church Architecture...Particularly in Bristol; the listed portrait - Capt. Goodere is an illus. (p.582). pp. (5), 4, (VII) - XX, (21) - 535, 7 and 603, 7pp. and addenda leaf; Charters - boards present, but detached, e/ps. foxed. 4, (V) - XVIII and 317pp. and errata leaf; Colston - some bndg. wear, intermittent spotting, leaf missing before title (?portrait). (I), 65pp., some relevant margnl. notes

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