The history and antiquities of the county of Somerset

The history and antiquities of the county of Somerset

Full title: The history and antiquities of the county of Somerset : collected from authentick records, and an actual survey made by the late Mr. Edmund Rack : Adorned with a map of the county, and engravings of Roman and other reliques, town-seals, baths, churches, and gentlemen's seats / By the Reverend John Collinson, F. A. S., Vicar of Long-Ashton, Curate of Filton alias Whitchurch, in the County of Somerset; and Vicar of Clanfield, in the County of Oxford.

Binder's spine title: History & antiquities of Somersetshire

John Collinson, 1756 or 1757-1793

Bath [England] : Printed by R. Cruttwell; and sold by C. Dilly, Poultry; G. G. J. and J. Robinson, and T. Longman, Pater-Noster-Row; and T. Payne, Mews-Gate, London; J. Fletcher, Oxford; and the booksellers of Bath, Bristol, &c.

M DCC XCI [1791]

3 volumes, plates : illustrations, folded map ; 30 cm (4°)

Map engraved by A. Crocker, dated: March 3, 1792.

Volume 1 includes list of subscribers. 'Proposals for printing by subscription, The history of the county of Somerset' were issued in October 1784. Volume 2, pages 97-104 incorrectly numbered 89-96.

Includes Index of places.

Signature inside front cover of volume 1: James Gordon.

Bookplate on flyleaf of volume 1; inside front cover of volume 2-3: Ex Libris Lily Beckton.

Presented by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]

Rack, Edmund, 1735?-1787. surveyor
Crocker, A. (Abraham) engraver
Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Schulich-Woolf Collection.

English; Latin

folio DA670.S5 C7 1791
ESTC N8218