Encyclopaedia of Antiquities, and Elements of Archaeology, Classical and Mediaeval. [2 Vols.]
London: Printed by and for John Nichols and Son, 1825. First Edition, Extra Illustrated. Full Leather. Quarto. Very Good. Item #33976
Two volumes. Pp. xvi, 486; iv, 487-955, [1]. Engraved title, frontis portrait, and 36 plates (1 double-page) in volume one; engraved frontispiece and 29 plates in volume two, plus numerous wood-engraved textual illustrations in both volumes. Bound in full diced calf with gilt borders, elaborately gilt spines in compartments with contrasting labels, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers. Bindings a little rubbed, spine ends slightly eroded, noticeable foxing to and offsetting from plates, but overall, an especially handsome, extra-illustrated set with 33 additional plates. *Together with his "British Monachism" (2 volumes, 1802), Fosbroke's "Encyclopaedia of Antiquities" made a significant contribution to 19th-century British archaeology and antiquarian studies, and received considerable recognition at the time. "A work as original as it is important - elegantly written, and full of interesting information, with which every person of liberal education ought to be acquainted." (London Literary Chronicle).
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