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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Berry (William)

THE HISTORY OF THE ISLAND OF GUERNSEY

Published: Longman, Hurst, Bees, Orme and Brown, London, 1815

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PART OF THE ANCIENT DUCHY OF NORMANDY, FROM THE REMOTEST PERIOD OF ANTIQUITY TO THE YEAR 1814.

Containing an Interesting Account of the Island; its Government, Civil, Military, and Ecclesiastical; Peculiar Privileges, Customs, etc., with Particulars of the Neighbouring Islands of Alderney, Sark, and Jersey, Compiled from the Valuable Collections of the Late Henry Budd, Esq.

348 + 32 (Annotations of the History of Guernsey) pages, folding aquatint view of St. Peter Port (folds simply repaired and strengthened) 28 aquatint plates, lacks the folding map called for as frontispiece, some foxing and staining throughout, remnants of a contemporary leather binding laid down over new brown leather.

  • Size: 4to (260 x 205 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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