The historical antiquities of Hertfordshire: : with the original of counties, hundreds or wapentakes, boroughs, corporations, towns, parishes, villages, and hamlets; … as also the several honors, mannors, castles, seats and parks of the nobility and gentry; … Faithfully collected from public records, … Illustrated with a large map of the county, … / By Sir Henry Chauncy, …
Sir Henry Chauncy (1632-1719)
Category
Books
Date
1826
Materials
Place of origin
Bishops Stortford
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3030518.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 2, [16] leaves of plates ; 8vo. Provenance: armorial bookplate (after 1754): Philip, Earl of Hardwicke. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754. Also used in books acquired by his successors]. Binding: nineteenth-century publisher’s quarter brown paper and brown cloth over boards, printed spine labels, printer’s waste used as spine supports. Cloth hinges torn on both volumes. Front paper cover torn.
Makers and roles
Sir Henry Chauncy (1632-1719), author