Apr 07, 2011 - Sale 2242

Sale 2242 - Lot 98

Price Realized: $ 2,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
NASH, TREADWAY RUSSELL. Collections for the History of Worcestershire. 76 engraved plates with 169 subjects; 40 genealogical tables; 13 pages of facsimiles; 2 engraved dedication leaves; folding map. 2 volumes. Folio, 426x264 mm, contemporary tan calf, expertly rebacked retaining original lavishly gilt-tooled spines with red and green morocco lettering pieces; occasional light offsetting from engraved matter, few gatherings in second volume toned, contents otherwise crisp and clean. 19th-century bookplates of Richard Hill, Esq., of Thornton. London: John Nichols, 1781-82

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first edition of a massive compilation of material relating the history and antiquities of Worcestershire, arranged alphabetically by locale, "unusual in containing a facsimile of Domesday Book entries" (ODNB). Upcott, pages 1330-37.