Staffordshire.- [Plot (Robert) The Natural History of Stafford-shire], first edition, lacking all before a1 (engraved title & 'Copy of the Proposals' leaf), map and final 2 leaves (list of subscribers) but with the rare 'Armes Omitted' plate and 4pp. 'Directions for a right understanding of the Map' (both often missing) plus the 37 engraved plates by Burghers, most double-page and/or folding, several with tears to fold, plate V frayed with slight loss to one corner, plates XXVIII & XXXIV defective at left-hand edge, a little soiled and stained, hole to b1 (signed b2) with loss to 4 lines of text, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old spine, corners repaired, [Wing P2588], folio, Oxford, At the Theatre, 1686; sold not subject to return ⁂ With two chapters on minerals and stones, including fossils; by the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum.
Staffordshire.- [Plot (Robert) The Natural History of Stafford-shire], first edition, lacking all before a1 (engraved title & 'Copy of the Proposals' leaf), map and final 2 leaves (list of subscribers) but with the rare 'Armes Omitted' plate and 4pp. 'Directions for a right understanding of the Map' (both often missing) plus the 37 engraved plates by Burghers, most double-page and/or folding, several with tears to fold, plate V frayed with slight loss to one corner, plates XXVIII & XXXIV defective at left-hand edge, a little soiled and stained, hole to b1 (signed b2) with loss to 4 lines of text, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old spine, corners repaired, [Wing P2588], folio, Oxford, At the Theatre, 1686; sold not subject to return ⁂ With two chapters on minerals and stones, including fossils; by the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum.
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