[Rarebooks] FS: 1826 Book of English Epitaphs - Epitaphia

[Joslin Hall Books & Ephemera]

Epitaphia [Greek letters], or, A collection of memorials, inscribed to  
the memory of good and faithful servants, copied on the spot, in  
various cemetaries throughout the counties of Berks, Buckingham, (etc).

[By J.W. Streeten]. Published in London by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown  
and Green in 1826.

An early survey of English gravestones.  The counties included are:  
Berks, Buckingham, Derby, Essex, Gloucester, Herts, Kent, Middlesex,  
Northampton, Oxford, Salop, Stafford, Surrey, Warwick, Worcester, and  
York. The text itself is elegantly set up, with each page devoted to a  
separate epitaph, all set within a pleasing yet simple geometric  
border. A handsome Regency-style presentation.

Hardcover. 4.5"x7.5", xii + 312 pages.  With the handsome bookplates  
of George Prideaux and "Townshend". Bound in old plain boards with a  
pebbled cloth spine. Covers very worn, top and bottom of spine  
perished; endpapers and preliminaries somewhat spotted.  $125

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