NEWCOME, Peter (1727-97). The History of the Ancient and Royal Foundation, called the Abbey of St. Alban, London: for the Author, by J. Nichols, 1795. 4° (272 x 214mm). Engraved frontispiece, hand-coloured folding engraved map, 2 folding plans. (A few leaves spotted.) Contemporary speckled calf gilt (covers detached, spine and corners rubbed). Provenance : ROBERT CLUTTERBUCK (armorial bookplate); 19th-century marginal annotation ?by Robert Clutterbuck Upcott 339. With 4 other works of related interest in 7 volumes, including Lewis Turnor's History of the Ancient Town and Borough of Hertford (Hertford, 1830) and William Page's The Victoria History of the County of Hertford (London, 1902-14, 4 vols.). (8)
NEWCOME, Peter (1727-97). The History of the Ancient and Royal Foundation, called the Abbey of St. Alban, London: for the Author, by J. Nichols, 1795. 4° (272 x 214mm). Engraved frontispiece, hand-coloured folding engraved map, 2 folding plans. (A few leaves spotted.) Contemporary speckled calf gilt (covers detached, spine and corners rubbed). Provenance : ROBERT CLUTTERBUCK (armorial bookplate); 19th-century marginal annotation ?by Robert Clutterbuck Upcott 339. With 4 other works of related interest in 7 volumes, including Lewis Turnor's History of the Ancient Town and Borough of Hertford (Hertford, 1830) and William Page's The Victoria History of the County of Hertford (London, 1902-14, 4 vols.). (8)
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