1912-13 Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England.) An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire

Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition.

Complete in two volumes. 

The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments' extensive study into the topography, history, and antiquities of the county of Buckinghamshire. 

Volume One covers the south of the county, and Volume Two the north. 

The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments was founded in 1908, aiming to document the buildings and monuments in England that hold historical, architectural, and archaeological important. 

From 1910-1977 the Commission published 17 works on the antiquities of the counties of England and various significant cities. These volumes on Buckinghamshire were the second work they produced, following a volume on Hertfordshire.

Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, one folding plate, and seventy-five plates.

Volume II illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding map, and eighty-three plates.

Collated, complete.

Advertising slip before page xi in Volume I.