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° LONDON: Nelson, John. The History, Topography, and Antiquities of the Parish of St. Mary Islington, in the County of Middlesex, 12 engraved plates, 1 folding survey of roads and footpaths, 7pp. index to rear, near contemporary straight-grain morocco, decorative foliate gilt, g.e., London, for the Author by John Nichols 1811, 8vo. Sold with William Robinson’s ‘The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Tottenham High Cross, in the County of Middlesex’, 1818, and George J. Aungier’s ‘The History and Antiquities of Syon Monastery, the Parish of Isleworth, and the Chapelry of Hounslow’, 1840 (3). £70-100 Condition: Nelson- ink ownership of ‘E.S. Bradford’ verso front-free endpaper, first blank replaced, offsetting to title, gen. clean but damp-staining to several plates and also to BB4-EE and spotting to last leaves, endpapers replaced, spine panel heavily rubbed; Robinson- large folding map with hand-colouring as frontispiece, spotting to title and consistently within, lacking blanks, endpapers replaced, rebacked. Sold for £100