VIRTUE'S PICTURESQUE BEAUTIES OF GREAT BRITAIN: KENT Illustrated by Topographical, Historical, and Critical Notices; combining every Interesting Object, Ancient and Modern. In a Series of Views, by the most Approved Artists, taken expressly for this Work, by Messrs. G. Shepherd, H. Gastineau, &c. &c. Comprising the Principal Cities& Towns; Public Edifices & Dock Yards; Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; Hospitals, Churches, C

VIRTUE, G.
Published by George Virtue in London c.1828
SKU: 54914
£250.00
4to. hardback, rebound in half dark green morocco with raised bands. decorative gilt to spine and marbled boards. New endpapers. ii, 130pp. plus large fold-out Map of Kent at end, frontispiece and vignette to title page and 126 engravings (two to a page). Engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown. No other markings or inscriptions. Most plates and some pages lightly foxed and stained, particularly frontispiece and title page - please see photo. Some old worming to gutter and tops of a few pages (please see photos) but not affecting images or text. Internally a Good Copy, externally a VERY GOOD, HANDSOME COPY.

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