[Rarebooks] FS: "British Curiousities in Art and Nature" (expanded 2nd ed. of 1728)

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(ENGLAND) BRITISH CURIOSITIES IN ART AND NATURE; Giving an Account of 
Rarities Both Antient and Modern, Viz. Monuments, Monasteries... Colleges, 
Hospitals, Walls, Roman Camps... Unusual Customs of Places... Likewise an Account 
of the Posts, Markets, and Fair-Towns. To Which Is Added... a Brief Account 
of the State of Each County in England, at One View, Curiously Engraved, and 
Printed on a Sheet... The Second Edition, with Large Additions. London: 
Printed for Sam. Illidge. 1728. 12mo. xvi,246pp. Large engraved folding table 
with excerpts of the statistics of each county. Cont. speckled calf, hinges 
with hairline splits but holding soundly.     $450.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
Earlier editions of this work, 1713 & 1721, are only 158pp.

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