Description
DETAILS Antique 17th century leather bound book by cartographer John Adams listing over 24,000 cities, towns and villages in England and Wales. PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman (Montreal, Quebec, Canada). Acquired from Francis Edwards Limited (London, England), June 9, 1980. Library stamp: Bib. Maj. Collegi... Stonyhurst. TITLE Index villaris, or, An alphabetical table of all cities, market-towns, parishes, villages, private seats in England and Wales PUBLISHER Printed for T. Sawbridge BINDING Full brown leather hardcover. Monogram: N.S. ILLUSTRATED Maps LANGUAGE English EDITION Originally published: 1680 | 2nd Edition: 1690 SUBJECT(S) British cartography and geography PLACE OF ORIGIN England | United Kingdom AUTHOR(S) John Adams (English, before 1670-1738) | Map engraver: Sutton Nicholls (English, active: 1700-40) PERIOD William & Mary (1689-94) | Late 17th century DATE 1690 DIMENSIONS Width 10 Depth 1.75 Height 15 inches CONDITION Note: due to a binder's error, p. 393-396 are missing and p. 301-4 are repeated. Rebacked.
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