The following 38 lots are from the library of Rev. Canon John Edward Jackson (1805-1891), English cleric, antiquary and archivist. Jackson held a lifelong interest in the county of Wiltshire. In 1845 he became rector of Leigh Delamere, Wiltshire, and the following year, vicar of nearby Norton Coleparle. He was also honorary canon of Bristol Cathedral. Jackson was a member of the Society of Antiquaries and the librarian to the Marquess of Bath, for whom he arranged and indexed the bulk of the manuscripts at Longleat House. Aubrey, John. Miscellanies, Upon the Following Subjects, second edition, engraved plate, title inscribed 'E Libris Edwardi O Reilly, Londini 1779', O4-O5 supplied as a ?cancel, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, boards scuffed, 8vo, London: A. Bettesworth and J Battley, 1721
The following 38 lots are from the library of Rev. Canon John Edward Jackson (1805-1891), English cleric, antiquary and archivist. Jackson held a lifelong interest in the county of Wiltshire. In 1845 he became rector of Leigh Delamere, Wiltshire, and the following year, vicar of nearby Norton Coleparle. He was also honorary canon of Bristol Cathedral. Jackson was a member of the Society of Antiquaries and the librarian to the Marquess of Bath, for whom he arranged and indexed the bulk of the manuscripts at Longleat House. Aubrey, John. Miscellanies, Upon the Following Subjects, second edition, engraved plate, title inscribed 'E Libris Edwardi O Reilly, Londini 1779', O4-O5 supplied as a ?cancel, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, boards scuffed, 8vo, London: A. Bettesworth and J Battley, 1721
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