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Verlag: Bemrose and Sons 1897-1908, London, 1897
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. Three volumes of this Victorian quarterly journal concerning fascinating archaeological discoveries and old cultural traditions. Three volumes in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Volume III contains eight black and white plates. Volume VI contains nine black and white plates. Volume XIV contains ten black and white plates. All volumes contain numerous in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. Volume III, VI and XIV of the New Series of this quarterly journal and review, The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist, devoted to the study of the early Pagan and Christian antiquities of Britain; Medieval architecture and ecclesiology; the development of the arts and industries of mankind in past times; and the survivals of ancient usages and appliances in the present. Volume III (1897) and VI (1900) were edited by J. Romilly Allen (1847-1907), a British archaeologist particularly interested in the antiquities of Wales and Scotland. Volume XIV (1908) is a presentation copy, and was edited by Rev. J. Charles Cox (1843-1919), an English cleric and local historian. Articles include: The Stourhead Collection in the Wiltshire Archaeological Society's Museum at Devizes by E. H. Goddard; The Evolution of the Textile Industries by J. Romilly Allen; and The "Treasure of Sant' Antonio" in Padua by Robert W. Carden. In each volume are notices of new books. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally faded, more so to Volume VI, with shelf wear to the boards and spines, bumping to the extremities, and a little staining to the spines. Gilt remains bright. A small split of the cloth to the head of the front joint to Volume XIV. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. book.