The English topographer: . or, An historical account, (as far as can be collected from printed books and manuscripts) of all the pieces that have been written relating to the antiquities, natural history, or topgraphical description of any point of England. Alphabetically digested, and illustrated with the draughts of several very curious old seals, exactly engraven from their respective originals.
Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755)
Category
Books
Date
1720
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3109521
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], xliv, 275, [13] p. . ill.. . 8vo.. Previous shelfmark: C.4.4. Identified in 1796 inventory: O 21 "English topographer", price 2s. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 564.. Provenance: Bookplate: 'Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton' [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest armorial, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914.. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double gilt fillet and blind roll pattern border; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755)