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GENERAL AND CONTINENTAL BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Lot 87

CORNWALL
BORLASE (WILLIAM) The Natural History of Cornwall, 1758; and others (4)

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19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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CORNWALL

BORLASE (WILLIAM) The Natural History of Cornwall, 2 engraved plates, one folding engraved map, Oxford, for the Author, 1758; Observations on the Antiquities Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall, 23 engraved plates, one map, and numerous illustrations in the text, Oxford, W. Jackson, 1754, some toning and spotting, contemporary uniform calf, rebacked with red and green gilt morocco lettering labels, folio--HITCHINS (FORTESCUE) The History of Cornwall, from the Earliest Records and Traditions, 2 vol., 11 engraved plates (one folding), 2 additional plates bound in, letterpress advertisement for Truro bookseller Joseph Pollard loosely inserted (with his yellow ticket inside upper cover), 4 pages cut down and re-inserted (?from another copy), 3 leaves with some marginal repairs, early half calf gilt, 4to, Helston, William Penaluna, 1824 (4)

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Borlase's Natural History is complete with 28 plates, not 2 as printed in the catalogue.

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