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Lot 238
Britain.- Dodsworth (William) An Historical Account of the Episcopal See, and Cathedral Church of Sarum, or Salisbury, additional engraved title, 17 engraved plates only (of 18), one engraved plan, one engraved illustration, many with tissue-guards, list of subscriber's, presentation copy from the British Society of Architects with ink inscription, scattered spotting and staining, contemporary half-calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1814 § Chamberlayne (John) Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia: or, the Present State of Great Britain, engraved portrait frontispiece, loss to margins and laid down, engraved initials and headpieces, 2A3 with small marginal paper defect, 2A1 with tear into text, 2G6 with small marginal loss, previous owner's pencil notes to front pastedown and final ff. verso, loss to final free endpaper, near contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, for D. Midwinter, A. Ward, T. Longman ..., 1741; and 3 others, including a defective copy of Burton's 'Wars in England', v.s. (5).