Lot 36
Warwickshire, Coventry.- Gibbs (Joseph) [History of Coventry] Miscellaneous Warwickshire Scraps [title from spine], 2 vol., William Reader's copy, autograph manuscript signed, original half calf, [1820s and dated by William Reader 1830].
Hammer Price: £400
Description
Warwickshire, Coventry.- Gibbs (Joseph) [History of Coventry] Miscellaneous Warwickshire Scraps [title from spine], 2 vol., William Reader's copy with his ink inscription and date, autograph manuscript signed, c. 630pp., mostly written on rectos with a few pieces of text in vol. I on versos, engraved maps of Warwickshire and Coventry, ruled in red throughout, browned, some slight foxing, original half calf, extensively rubbed, 4to (290 x 230mm.), [1820's and dated by William Reader 1830].
⁂ A chronological history of Coventry supplemented with extracts from documents and letters. Other items include Shakespeare's will, Dugdale's Correspondence, the Harleian Miscellany, Humphrey Wanley and Ayscough manuscripts. Also includes the poem Guy of Warwick and "Poem on erecting a Monument to the memory of Shakespeare".
Provenance: William Reader (1782-1852), newspaper proprietor, topographer and historian of Coventry.
Description
Warwickshire, Coventry.- Gibbs (Joseph) [History of Coventry] Miscellaneous Warwickshire Scraps [title from spine], 2 vol., William Reader's copy with his ink inscription and date, autograph manuscript signed, c. 630pp., mostly written on rectos with a few pieces of text in vol. I on versos, engraved maps of Warwickshire and Coventry, ruled in red throughout, browned, some slight foxing, original half calf, extensively rubbed, 4to (290 x 230mm.), [1820's and dated by William Reader 1830].
⁂ A chronological history of Coventry supplemented with extracts from documents and letters. Other items include Shakespeare's will, Dugdale's Correspondence, the Harleian Miscellany, Humphrey Wanley and Ayscough manuscripts. Also includes the poem Guy of Warwick and "Poem on erecting a Monument to the memory of Shakespeare".
Provenance: William Reader (1782-1852), newspaper proprietor, topographer and historian of Coventry.