Etchings from Original drawings of antiquities in the county of Kent

STOCKDALE, Frederick Wilton Litchfield

Verlag: London: Published for the Proprietor, by Messrs. T. & A. Arch. Cornhill, 1810

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With Thirty-Nine Hand Colored Engraved Plates STOCKDALE, Frederick Wilton Litchfield. Etchings from Original Drawings of Antiquities in the County of Kent, by Fredck. Wilton Litchfield Stockdale. London: Published for the Proprietor, by Messrs. T. & A. Arch. Cornhill, 1810. First edition. Large quarto (12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches; 311 x 241 mm.). [2, Engraved title with hand-colored vignette, verso blank], [2, Introduction, verso blank], [2, List of subscribers], [46 unnumbered pages, [1, list of plates, verso blank] pp. Thirty-nine hand-colored engraved plates, all with tissue-guards. Some marginal damp mottling towards end, title with some a small stain to the top corner (not affecting plate-mark). Publisher's drab boards, uncut. Front cover with original printed pink paper label. Sympathetically rebacked with a red morocco label lettered in gilt, a little worn. Some chipping and wear to spine and binding extremities. With the armorial bookplate of C.J. Phillips on front paste-down and the armorial bookplate of Robert Lionel Foster on front free endpaper. Housed in a gray cloth clamshell case, spine with red morocco label lettered in gilt. It would appear that this book was published uncolored - the hand coloring to the plates was most probably done in the early-to-mid nineteenth century. Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale (1786-1858) was a notable antiquary and author with a significant contribution to historical and topographical literature. Born to Robert Stockdale, he was baptized at St. Anne's Church in Soho on May 5, 1786. His professional career included a position as an assistant to the military secretary of the East India Company. In 1806, Stockdale married Harriet Budd at St. Michael Bassishaw in London. His early literary contributions began with the publication of Etchings from Original Drawings of Antiquities in the County of Kent in 1810. He continued his work on the historical and topographical front with another publication in 1817, titled A Concise Historical and Topographical Sketch of Hastings, Winchelsea and Rye. Provenance: E[dward] Hasted, Hollinbourne, 1812 (ink inscription on front pastedown); C. J. Phillips (bookplate); Richard Lionel Foster (ink inscription and bookplate). Edward Hasted (1760-1855) was for seventy years the Vicar of Hollingbourne. He was the son of the author of a major county history, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent (1778 99). The Plates: 1. Title-page vignette Canterbury. 2. View of Dartford, Kent. 3. Remains of Dartford Priory, Kent. 4. Cowling Castle, Kent. 5. Cowling Church, Kent. 6. View of Rochester, Kent. 7. Rochester Castle, Kent. 8. St. Margarets, Rochester. 9. Newington Church near Rainham, Kent. 10. Ospringe Church near Faversham, Kent. 11. Norman Doorway, North side Ospringe Church, Kent. 12. Ancient Chapel of St. Nicholas, Harbledonn, near Canterbury. 13. Canterbury Cathedral, taken near the Ruins of St. Augustines Abbey. 14. St. Martins Church, Canterbury. 15. Ancient Font in St. Martin s Church, Canterbury. 16. Entrance to Strangers Hall, or Domus Hospitum, Canterbury. 17. Green Court Gate, Canterbury. 18. Part of the Ruins of St. Augustines Abbey, Canterbury. 19. Remains of St. Augustines Abbey, Canterbury. 20. Holy Crofs Church, Canterbury. 21. View of Canterbury Castle & St. Mildred s Church. 22. Pillar on Dane John Hill, Canterbury. 23. St. Nicholas, Isle of Thanet. 24. View of Kingsgate, Isle of Thanet. 25. St. Lawrence Church, Isle of Thanet. 26. St. Clement s Church, Sandwich, Kent. 27. Remains of St. Radigund s, or Bradsole Abbey near Dover, Kent. 28. Hythe Church, Kent. 29. Limne Church & Castle, Kent. 30. Limne Castle near Hythe, Kent. 31. Entrance to Leeds Castle, Kent. 32. Leeds Castlen, near Maidstone, Kent. 33. View of Allington Castle, Kent. 34. Interior of Allington Castle, Kent. 35. Dove House at Allington Castle, Kent. 36. View of Aylesford, Kent. 37. Remains of Leyborne Castle, Kent. 38. Remains of Halling Palace, near Roc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 05854

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Verlag: London: Published for the Proprietor, by Messrs. T. & A. Arch. Cornhill, 1810

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