W H Ireland, illustrated by H Gastineau, G Shepherd, etc: England's Topographer, or a new and complete history of the County of Kent: from the earliest records to the present time, including every modern improvement [4 volumes]. , London: G Virtue, 1828-1830.

First edition, complete in four hardback volumes. 8vo (22cm by 14cm). Volume 1: engraved title, 19pp list of subscribers, 712pp, xix (index). Volume two: 713pp, xv (index). Volume three: 698pp, xviii (index). Volume four: 780pp, xiii (index), 8pp errata. Complete with 124 engraved plates (30 in volume 1, 27 in volume 2, 29 in volume 3, 38 in volume 4) and a folding map of the county (frontispiece to volume 1). Bound in full brown calf, gilt tooling and title labels to the spines, marbled endpapers. Some rubbing and light scuffing of the bindings, tape repairs to the folding map, ownership inscription to each volume, some light scattered foxing and browning of the contents (a handful of plates are heavily foxed, but most are clean), and a couple of text pages have scuffed margins. Overall, this set is in good to very good condition. (Book ref. 27455)  £250.00

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