Magna Britannia BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY 1808-1822 Daniel & Samuel Lysons RARE!

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Magna Britannia: Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain. By the Rev. Daniel Lysons, A.M. F.R.S. F.A. and L.S., and Samuel Lysins, Esq. F.R.S. and F.A.S. Published in London . Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies.

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Magna Britannia is of significant value to economists and social historians because the Lysins brothers included content on topics such as population, manufacture, and commerce. They were also far less preoccupied than many antiquarians with coats of arms and pedigrees, and did not overstate the grandeur of the counties, as local topographers were apt to do. An earlier work under the same title had been compiled by Thomas Cox.

All called for plates present with additional not called for plates in the illustration contents.

Includes:

Volume I: Volume One Part One, Bedfordshire, 1813.

Volume II: Volume One Part Two, Berkshire, 1813.

Volume III: Volume One Part Three, Buckinghamshire, 1813.

Volume IV: Volume Two Part One, Cambridgeshire, 1808.

Volume V: Volume Two Part Two, The County Palatine of Chester, 1810.

Volume VI: Volume Three, Cornwall, 1814.

Volume VII: Volume Four, Cumberland, 1816.

Volume VIII: Volume Five, Derbyshire, 1817.

Volume IX: Volume Six Part One, Devonshire, 1822.

Volume X: Volume Six Part Two, Devonshire, 1822.

Size: 29 x 22.5 x 2.5 - 6 cm each.

Condition: Good (G+)

Minor rubbing and minor marks on spines. Volumes six and seven have partial lacking of the spines and lacking headcaps. Minor rubbing to headcaps. Minor wear to joints and hinges. Front board of volume nine detached. Minor scuffing, scratches and rubbing on boards. Bookplates and 'reference reserve' attached to front pastedowns. Remnants of glued down paper attached to first preliminary page. Library stamps on preliminaries and on the reverso of the title pages. Title pages of volume one part one and volume one part two have been swapped when bound - a previous owner has inscribed the correct volume titles and locations on the title pages. Some roads have been coloured in on the Bedfordshire map in volume one (pictured). Minor foxing on plates. Plates have transferred onto the pages opposite (pictured). Text blocks clean with minor to prominent foxing, and very minor to prominent toning.

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