An account of a Roman temple, and other antiquities, near Graham’s Dike in Scotland
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11,000 words, Guess
Page Count
44 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL58595654M
- OCLC Control Numberbib_fict_4656329
Description
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">4to., f. [1] (blank), ff. [3] (folded plates and map), pp. 27, [3] (blank). Signatures: B-D4 E2. Contemporary calf. Gilded boards, spine, red lettering panel. Manuscript note above title (“e libris Ral: Thoresby Leodiensis. See Hoarney Guliel: Neubrig: Hist: Vol. 3 p. 760, 1, 2.” Signed at end “RT 7 July 1721.” Plate and manuscript bibliographical note of Alex F. Galbraith. Dated at head of title: "December, 1720." Head- and tailpieces, engraved initial.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">Only edition of William Stukeley’s first book. The Roman temple described, mapped, and pictured by Stukeley was pulled down by its early 18th-century landlord, and this remains its best record. Ralph Thoresby’s copy (1658-1725, historian of Leeds), with inscription and note at end; probably (with others) lot 4923 in the Thomas Payne fixed-price sale of his library, 27 February 1764.</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_4656329" rel="ugc nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>
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