Richard Wells Antiquarian Books : DAWSON, Thomas. - Memoirs of St.George the English Patron; and of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Being an Introduction to an Intende...

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DAWSON, Thomas. Memoirs of St.George the English Patron; and of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Being an Introduction to an Intended History of the Antiquities of the Castle, Town and Borough of Windsor, with the Parts Adjacent, in the County of Berks. London. Printed for Henry Clements. 1714. (First edition).

(190 x 114). pp, (xx), 336. Engraved frontspiece of King George, vignette to title page and one engraved plate. Title page in red and black. Some light browning. Endpapers replaced. Three bookplates on front pastedown and front free endpaper. Full calf with edges and corners rubbed and worn. Ruled gilt border to both boards. Rebacked with five raised bands with title and compartment decoration in gilt. An interesting association copy with the bookplates of Charles I. Ffoulkes, George Drewry Squibb and David Herbert Boothby, Chester Herald.

Stock ref: 3845

£120.00