John Britton: 'Cathedral Antiquities of England', London, Lo...

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£550

John Britton: 'Cathedral Antiquities of England', London, Longman, 1814-1836, 14 volume complete set (bound in six volumes), 301 full page engraved plates as called for (collated complete as per list of prints to each volume), these comprising views, elevations, plans, architectural details, added engraved title pages etc., plus several woodcut vignettes as listed, folding tables etc, additional woodcut vignette general title pages to each volume + separate printed title pages for each of the 14 volumes, these comprising Canterbury, 114pp, 26 plates; York, 96pp, 34 plates; Salisbury, 114pp, 31 plates; Norwich, 90pp, 25 plates; Oxford, 50pp, 11 plates; Winchester, 143pp, 30 plates; Lichfield, 74pp, 16 plates; Hereford, 74pp, 16 plates; Wells, 130pp, 24 plates; Exeter, 152pp, 22 plates; Worcester, 53pp, 16 plates; Peterborough, 88pp, 16 plates; Gloucester, 88pp, 20pp, 22 plates; Bristol, 74pp, 12 plates, 4to, uniform full levant morocco gilt, all edges gilt, bookplate of Anthony Robert Alwyn Hobson (1921-2014), book and bookbinding author and historian, head of book department and director of Sotheby's. From the collection of Father Peter Harris, with his bookplate also to front pastedowns (6)