Local Interest. Thoroton (Robert), The Antiquities of Nottin...

Hammer

£220

Local Interest. Thoroton (Robert), The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire [...], first edition, London: Printed by Robert White, for Henry Mortlock, 1677, imprimatur leaf - creased, tatty and loosening, black-ruled title-page printed in red and black, double-column text, pp: [xvi], 507, 8 (coats of arms), [36] (indexes), double-page map and 21 plates, 2 of which are folding and 16 double-page, further in-text illustrations, a respectable copy, 1 folding plate - Newark - repaired with some loss, the contents OK-good with some foxed spots and toning, rarer rust holes with no loss of sense, some creases, 18th c calf boards, rebacked, repaired and the gilding refreshed, all edges gilt, later endpapers, folio (35 x 24cm), [Wing T1063]

Provenance: 1) Christopher Hussey, contemporaneous 17th c dated ink MS inscription to original verso blank: 'Memorandū 10th June 1685 if this book/be returned in two months time from *y date/hereof. I will give two shillings for it witnesses/my hand Christopher Hussey-'. 2) Michael Bass, 1st Baron Burton, KCVO (1837-1909), brewing magnate, Liberal politician and philanthropist; his Rangemore Hall, East Staffordshire, bookplate to recto pastedown. 3) Ex Libris Carl J. Fenner, 20th c pictorial bookplate ditto.