By N. Salmon
London   J. Walthoe
8" by 5" 872pp plus plates
A scarce early edition of Salmon's Survey of England
By N. Salmon

1731 A New Survey of England Wherein the defects of Camden are supplied, and the Errors of his Followers remarked: The Opinions of our Antiquaries compared: The Roman Military Ways traced; And, The Stations settled according to the Itinerary, without altering the Figures.

London   J. Walthoe
8" by 5" 872pp plus plates
A scarce early edition of Salmon's Survey of England
£479.99
: 1kgs / : LTH2-D-10

What Our Customers Say...

Description

Leather Binding, Scarce

Scarce second edition Complete in eleven parts with all title pages. First title page states two volumes though the binder has here bound all the parts together in one volume. Bound in full vellum with blind embossed detail Armorial nameplate belonging to Geoffrey C. Hobbs to the front pastedown Nathanael Salmon (1675–1742) was a historian and antiquary. His first two books (both 1726), which dealt with Roman antiquities to the north and east of London, were expanded into A New Survey of England, wherein the Defects of Camden are Supplied (11 parts, 1728–9), reissued with new title-pages in two volumes in 1731. Meanwhile he had been working on The History of Hertfordshire, describing the county and its ancient monuments, particularly the Roman (1728). This has been depreciated as merely an abridgement and continuation of Sir Henry Chauncy's Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire (1700), but it was probably based on unpublished material left by Chauncy, augmented by Salmon's own research. Salmon's Lives of the English Bishops from the Restoration to the Revolution was published anonymously in three parts (1731–3), and reissued in 1733; it contains seventy-four biographies. His Antiquities of Surrey (1736) concentrates on Roman antiquities, adding some material overlooked by John Aubrey and Richard Rawlinson in their history of the county (1718). (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography)

Condition

There is some wear to the extremities including discolouration, bumping and some loss to the spine panel. The rear inner hinge has failed and the front inner hinge is strained. Internally the pages are generally bright and clean and crisp with only occasional mild spots. There is a small ink private library shelf number to the front free end paper. There is a 4" closed tear to the pull out map as shown.

Good

Delivery & payment

We send all of our books via courier which is a fully tracked and insured service. In our experience we find this to be the most reliable and quickest form of delivery. Our primary courier is DHL, but we are able to accommodate special requests if required, including postal delivery for items under 2kg. See More Details