Staffordshire

Quarto (315 x 195 mm.), full early contemporary calf, ornate blind panelled boards, spine rebacked with raised bands, gilt ruled compartments with gilt titles, later endpapers. With typographic title page with engraved vignette of Minerva seated, a view of the Theatre in the background, pp. (16), 450, (10), comprising Dedication, Preface, James the Second, Verses, Directions to the Map, text, Index, with large folding map in excellent condition printed on thick paper and 37 engraved plates (26 double page). With the uncorrected mistake in pagination of p. 5 for p. 3, title and plate at p. 39 with small paper repairs lower margin, otherwise in good condition.