De la Bedoyere, Guy: The Golden Age of Roman Britain. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus, 1999. First edition. 8vo., pp. 194 + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: Black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket with light creasing only to top edge, otherwise very good. Ref: 54223
Dearn, T. D. W.: An Historical, Topographical and Descriptive Account of the Weald of Kent. Cranbrook: S. Reader, 1814. First edition. 4to. pp. [4], (vii), [1], (lvi), 277, [1], (vi). With 9 steel-engraved plates. Edges untrimmed and somewhat dust-soiled, offsetting from plates, slight foxing to first few leaves, occasionally elsewhere. Modern half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, spine gilt, gilt-lettered morocco label. Couple of small stains to rear cover. Bookplate of Ernest Bryan Gipps to front pastedown. Superbly-illustrated work on the history and topography of Kent. Each chapter is devoted to a locality, including Ashurst, Cranbrook, Leigh, High Halden, Tunbridge and the Ilse of Oxney. The section of Penshurst, immortalised by Ben Jonson, includes an account focusing on the 16th century, with mentions of Sir Philip Sidney. In addition to an engraved map of the Weald of Kent, 8 further steel-engraved plates - designed by the author and cut by M. Dubourg - illustrate city and country views of Cranbrook, Hemsted Benenden (its mansion and church), Bonnington Church and the remains of Trinity Chapel, Angley House, Elfords (Hawkhurst), Moor House and Fowlers (Hawkhurst). Ref: 53179show full image..
Deering, Charles: Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova or an Historical Account of the Ancient and Present State of the Town of Nottingham. Gather's from the Remains of Antiquity and Collected from Authentic Manuscripts and Ancient as well as Modern Historians [?]. Nottingham: printed by and for George Ayscough, & Thomas Willington, 1751. 4to., pp.vi, [ii], 13, [i], 370 + 25 plates, 7 of which are folding including the frontispiece. Woodcut initials. Occasional scattered spotting, pp.225-241 foxed, 2 small tears to the margins of pp.101-102, some folding plates trimmed a little close. Contemporary brown calf, gilt spine with red morocco title label. Slight vertical crackling to spine but sound, joints repaired, a few stains and some wear around the edges, endpaper edges toned, still very good. Armorial bookplate of 'Finborough Library' to front pastedown. Posthumously-published work assembled by the botanist Charles Deering (1695??1749) from the materials collected by John Plumptre for a proposed history of Nottingham. ESTC T145699; Upcott 1057. Ref: 54175show full image..
Dicuil; (Letronne, A[ntoine-Jean], ed.:) Recherches G?ographiques et Critiques sur le Livre de Mensura Orbis Terr Compos? en Irelande, au Commencement du Neuvi?me Si?cle, par Dicuil; Suivies du Texte Restitu? par A. Letronne. Paris: Chez Germain Mathiot, 1814. 8vo., pp. [ii], 249, [i], 94. Text in French and Latin. Toned, light stain radiating from top fore-edge corner through most of text-block but not obscuring text. Later olive green paper, brown cloth gilt label to spine, endpapers replaced, edges sprinkled. Spine a little darkened, end-caps slightly creased, corners bumped with top two starting to fray, top edge dusted. Liber de Mensura Orbis Terrae was originally published by Walckenaer in 1807. This edition is based on two mss. in the Biblioth?que Nationale, Paris, with additional readings obtained from the collation of the Venice and Florence mss. Ref: 47047
Ditchfield, P. H. & Page, William (eds.): The Victoria History of (the County of) Berkshire. Volume One. Folkestone & London: Dawsons of Pall Mall for the University of London Institute of Historical Resea 1972. Reprint. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. Corners lightly bumped, a little shelf-wear, otherwise very good. Bookplate of Robert Smith to ffep. Reprinted from the 1906 first edition published by Archibald Constable and Company. Ref: 54080
Ditchfield, P. H. & Page, William (eds.): The Victoria History of (the County of) Berkshire. Volume Two. Folkestone & London: Dawsons of Pall Mall for the University of London Institute of Historical Resea 1972. Reprint. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. Corners bumped, a little shelf-wear, otherwise very good. Bookplate of Robert Smith to ffep. Reprinted from the 1907 first edition published by Archibald Constable and Company. Ref: 54081
Doane, A. N. & Stoneman, William P.: Purloined Letters: The Twelfth-Century Reception of the Anglo-Saxon Illustrated Hexateuch (British Library, Cotton Claudius B. IV). Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2011. 8vo., pp. 396. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Ref: 53406
Doane, A.N. & Wolf, Kirsten (eds.): Beatus Vir: Studies in Early English and Norse Manuscripts in Memory of Phillip Pulsiano. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2006. 8vo., pp. 545. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Ref: 53395
[Domesday Book] Return of Owners of Land 1873. England and Wales (Exclusive of the Metropolis). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1875. 2 vols, folio. Chiefly tables. Some light foxing with title-pages most affected. Contemporary half polished sheep, spine gilt-ruled with black title and volume labels, blue cloth-covered boards, edges sprinkled red. Rubbed, boards dampstained, cloth peeling in some places, corners frayed with some leather coverings lost, endpapers creased and a bit foxed. Vol. I with some chips and a little loss to headcap, split starting at head of rear joint; vol. II joints starting particularly bottom of upper joint. Still good sound copies. Armorial bookplate of William Franks, recent bookplate of Josceline Grove to each volume. Detailed bookseller's catalogue description pasted to front endpaper vol. I. Known as the 'Second Domesday Book', the Return offered the first complete picture of the distribution of landed property in Great Britain and Ireland since the Domesday Book of 1086. It was created in an effort to dispel public outrage about 'monopoly of land', which had been growing since the findings of the 1861 Census implied (though this was in fact a misreading of the figures) that the whole of the United Kingdom lay in the hands of fewer than 30,000 landowners. In 1872 a return was prepared for England and Wales, excluding the Metropolis, the result of which is found in these volumes. Separate returns were prepared for Scotland in 1874, and for Ireland in 1876. Each shows the holding (in acres), roods and poles, and estimated yearly rental, of all holdings over 1 acre in size. Upon publication, whilst the 30,000 landowners assertion was shown to be wrong, the project did rather backfire. The England and Wales (excluding the Metropolis) survey revealed that only 710 people were in possession of 5000 acres or more, and that the holdings of these 710 amounted to over 25% of the total land area of England and Wales. The return recorded 269,547 people owning over an acre of land and 703,289 owning less than an acre, out of a population at the time of 19,458,009. Ref: 54575show full image..
[Domesday Book] Kelham, Robert: Domesday Book Illustrated: containing an account of that antient record; as also, of the tenants in capite or serjanty therein mentioned : and a translation of the difficult passages, with occasional notes, an explanation of the terms, abbreviations, and names of foreign abbie London: Printed by John Nichols For Edward Brooke, 1788. 8vo., pp. viii 399 [i]. With half-title and errata leaf. Text in English with some Latin. Faint blotchy foxing throughout, some leaves a little toned. Contemporary tan calf, spine gilt ruled with raised bands and red morocco title label neatly rebacked with original spine retained. Plain gilt borders, edges sprinkled brown. Spine a bit creased, small stain (ink?) To upper board, corners a bit rubbed, endpapers toned, very good. Armorial bookplate of Ramsey Abbey, recent bookplate of Josceline Grove and two booksellers' tipped-in catalogue entries to front endpapers. This companion to the Domesday Book was compiled by the antiquary Robert Kelham (1717-1808). Kelham also produced a Norman dictionary. ESTC T96453; Upcott p.xvi Ref: 54572show full image..
