The ancient and present state of Glostershire
Title
The ancient and present state of Glostershire
Creator
Atkyns, Robert, 1647-1711
Publisher
London: Printed by W. Bowyer for Robert Gosling at the Mitre, near the Inner-Temple Gate, in Fleetstreet
Date
1712
Format
[12], 859, [7] pages : frontispiece (portrait), double plates, double map, coats of arms ; 43 cm
Description
First edition, one of two issues; title vignette represents Mercury in a scroll between two birds. Includes index Signatures: A?, B-Z?, 2A-2Z?, 3A-3Z?, 4A-4Z?, 5A-5R?, 5S. Pages 312, 745, 752, 762, 767 incorrectly numbered 313, 753, 760, 767, 762, respectively. Title within double line border. In double columns. 64 plates engraved by J. Kip; portrait plate by M. van der Gucht
Provenance
Signature of Robert Codrington on title-page--cf. page 391 and plate showing "Didmarton the seat of Robert Codrington Esq."
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund.
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund.
Contributor
Kip, Johannes, 1653-1722, illustrator. engraver.
Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725, engraver.
Bowyer, William, 1663-1737, printer.
Gosling, Robert, -1741, bookseller.
Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725, engraver.
Bowyer, William, 1663-1737, printer.
Gosling, Robert, -1741, bookseller.
Language
English
Identifier
DA670.G5 A8 1712
ESTC T21873
ESTC T21873
Files
Collection
Citation
Atkyns, Robert, 1647-1711, “The ancient and present state of Glostershire,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 23, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/292.