April 12, 2024
Archaeology Prehistory Scotland 1851 Illus ORIG LEATHER
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Title : The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland Author : Daniel Wilson Publisher : Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox Ye ar Published : 1851 Condi tio n: Good Wilson, Daniel. The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland . Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox, 1851. First edition. xxviii, 714pp., plus six engraved plates. Bound in a splendid publisher’s binding of full brown calf, with both boards ruled in blind, surrounding a central Celtic cross. The spine (no label) features five raised bands, with the compartments decorated in blind. Head and toe of spine rubbed; joints worn but holding tight. Boards moderately scuffed. A clean copy internally, with only light occasional foxing. A good copy of an interesting and lovely book. An extensive early work on Scottish antiquity (or, as Wilson describes it, ‘Primeval Archaelogy’). The book, illustrated with over 200 textual illustrations as well as the six unpaginated plates, covers from the Stone to the Christian Periods. An attractive, if moderately worn, copy in a deluxe and appropriate contemporary binding. Whitlock's Book Barn is an antiquarian and rare book store that also sells old maps, prints, and ephemera. Those who treasure the past, will delight in our selection of old maps from the 1800's. We have 1000's of maps by town and by county from 21 states. Maps in the collection
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