1892 Some Account of the Hospital of St. Thomas of Acon, in the Cheap, London, and of the Plate of the Mercer's Company
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed
A signed presentation copy of this privately printed study of the Hospitallers of St Thomas of Canterbury at Acre - or the Knights of St Thomas - a Christian military order of the Catholic Church. With further discussion of the plate of the Mercer's company, who bought the hospital after the dissolution of the order.
Inscribed by the author, Sir John Watney, the Chairman of Council of the City and Guilds of London Institute, to the half title, with the 'kind regards of the author'.
Illustrated with six plates, retaining their original tissue guards. Collated, complete.
In his introduction, Watney explains that 'I have endeavoured to trace the history of one of the most famous of the ecclesiastical foundations in the City of London, in the days before the Reformation, and to give an account of the Company's plate, some pieces of which are said to have belonged to the Hospital'.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail, with fading to back strip. Hinges starting, with boards holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Presentation inscription to half title. Pages clean and bright.
Very Good
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