Extracts from Stebbing Shaw's History and Antiquities of Staffordshire

Stebbing Shaw

Verlag: Swinney and Ferrall; Stebbing Shaw; J. Nicholas; J. Robson; T. Payne. J. White 1798-1812, London, 1798

Beschreibung

Four extracts from English cleric, local historian and topographer Stebbing Shaw's richly illustrated study of Staffordshire. Four extracts from Shaw's work, an important and extensive history of the county of Staffordshire.The first volume of Shaw's work was published in 1798, with the first part of the second volume being published in 1801. Further volumes were intended to be published, but this was prevented by Shaw's death.Three of the extracts present here are drawn from the 1798-1801 first edition, with the final extract republished in 1812.The first extract present here is in impressively detailed study of Lichfield. Illustrated with fourteen engraved plates, five of which are folding.The following extract, retaining a divisional title page, is the 1798 'General History of Staffordshire, from the Norman Conquest to the Year MDCCXCVIII'. Illustrated with two engraved plates, one of which is folding.Also present is Shaw's study of Mavesyn Ridware, illustrated with six plates, three of which are folding, alongside further vignette illustrations.The final portion, 'The History and Antiquities of Tamworth, and Drayton Bassett', is dated 1812, and 're-published by Swinney and Ferall' from the original edition. It is illustrated with six plates, one of which is folding.Shaw contributed many of the illustrations for this work, some of which had already been published in 'Gentleman's Magazine'. Lacking boards, with only minor remnants of back strip remaining. Text block split into four sections, with each section firmly bound. Pages bright, with a number of instances of light spotting, and with tide marks to tail of a large portion of pages. Fair. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 881F15

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Titel: Extracts from Stebbing Shaw's History and ...

Verlag: Swinney and Ferrall; Stebbing Shaw; J. Nicholas; J. Robson; T. Payne. J. White 1798-1812, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1798

Einband: Disbound

Illustrator: Stebbing Shaw

Zustand: Fair

Art des Buches: book