A Series of Ancient Baptismal Fonts, Chronologically Arranged
London: Septimus Prowett, 1828. First edition Ex Library. Hardcover. Quarto. xxvi, 80 (4)pp.,40 plates. Original three-quarter brown leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering on black leather label of spine, gilt tooling. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece engraving. Dedicated to the Marchioness of Exeter. "As we have attempted in the following work a chronological arrangement, it became necessary in order to render it intelligible, either to invent a nomenclature of our own, or to adopt one already formed; not having hardihood for the first we have followed the second course, and to that end we have taken our mode of classification and terms, from a work which, as it is deservedly the best known, namely, Mr. Rickman's Outlines of English architecture." (Preface).
Contains locations of surviving Norman, early English, and decorated English fonts. All locations are listed on pages xxi-xxvi by town and county. Illustrated with fourty plates drawn by F. Simpson and engraved by Robert Roberts with descriptive text on opposite pages, including measurements of the objects. Addenda with additional information to three of the presented objects. With printer's device, vignette, of Thomas White on last page. Binding with some wear along edges, small chips some fraying at top corner of front foredges,spine with four inch crack at lower back joint, some scuffing along joints. Usual library markings, barcode, sticker, library plate and pocket, and stamps. Frontispiece with heavy foxing in margins, hardly affecting image. Some foxing of plates, a little more then half of them with images not affected. Some plates with heavy foxing. Binding in overall good-, interior in good- to very good condition. g- to vg. Item #47018
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