Hoare (Sir Richard Colt).- Giraldus Cambrensis. The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales A.D. MCLXXXVIII, translated and edited by Sir Richard Colt Hoare 2 vol., first edition in English, lacking half-titles, with 55 engraved plates and plans, 5 engraved maps hand-coloured or partly so, 2 folding (one large at end of vol.2 with short tear at edge), extra-illustrated with 10 attractive watercolour views bound in, one or two signed by I. or J.Thornton but all apparently by the same hand, most captioned in pencil and/or ink, plus a few additional engravings tipped into blank leaves or loosely inserted, some foxing, mostly at beginning and end of vol.2, frontispiece to vol.2 creased and becoming loose, U1 with short tear to lower margin, large engraved bookplate of Castle Freke Library MDCCCVII, handsome contemporary diced russia with Greek key borders in gilt, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., a little rubbed, joints cracked, 4to, 1806.
Hoare (Sir Richard Colt).- Giraldus Cambrensis. The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales A.D. MCLXXXVIII, translated and edited by Sir Richard Colt Hoare 2 vol., first edition in English, lacking half-titles, with 55 engraved plates and plans, 5 engraved maps hand-coloured or partly so, 2 folding (one large at end of vol.2 with short tear at edge), extra-illustrated with 10 attractive watercolour views bound in, one or two signed by I. or J.Thornton but all apparently by the same hand, most captioned in pencil and/or ink, plus a few additional engravings tipped into blank leaves or loosely inserted, some foxing, mostly at beginning and end of vol.2, frontispiece to vol.2 creased and becoming loose, U1 with short tear to lower margin, large engraved bookplate of Castle Freke Library MDCCCVII, handsome contemporary diced russia with Greek key borders in gilt, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., a little rubbed, joints cracked, 4to, 1806.
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