Lot 198

Cornwall.- Carew (Richard) The Survey of Cornwall, first edition, Peter Le Neve's, Andrew Coltée Ducarel's and John Howard's copy, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials and headpieces, 19th century half calf, gilt, 1602.

Hammer Price: £3,200

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Cornwall.- Carew (Richard) The Survey of Cornwall, first edition, Peter Le Neve, Andrew Coltée Ducarel and John Howard's copy with their ink signatures, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials and headpieces, initial blank, errata f. and Contents ff. at end, L2 small tear with loss in margin, slightly browned, some ink notes and coats of arms in margins by ?William Burton in a 17th century hand and other notes in a 19th century hand, 3pp. manuscript index at end, ink signature on title and ink signatures and inscriptions on A1, bookplates of Ducarel on front pastedown and of Treverbyn Vean (Cocks family of Cornwall) on front free endpaper, 19th century half calf, gilt, gilt panelled spine, red morocco label, [STC 4615], sm. 4to, by S. S. for Iohn Iaggard, and are to bee sold neere Temple-barre, at the signe of the Hand and Starre, 1602.

Carew's history, which is "above all a representation of Cornwall as its author saw it, in terms of the landscape and climate, and of the occupations of men and women whose lives these shaped. Such matters as the local tin mines, the fishing industry, and the games people played, including hurling, all come within the compass of his lively pen." - Oxford DNB.

Provenance: A good copy with an impressive series of owners: (1). Peter Le Neve, (1661-1729), herald and antiquary; "Liber Petri Le Neve Rouge Crois [Pursuivant] 1693"; (2). Andrew Coltée Ducarel (1713-1785), librarian and antiquary; "A Ducarel 1770"; (3). John Howard (1726?-1790), philanthropist; "John Howard 1787"; (4). Also 19th century ink inscription on A1: ?William Burton (1575-1645), antiquary; "The coates of Armes in this book were trick'd by William Burton of Lindley Esq in 1602. See Thom: Rawlinson's English Topographer p. 29."

Description

Cornwall.- Carew (Richard) The Survey of Cornwall, first edition, Peter Le Neve, Andrew Coltée Ducarel and John Howard's copy with their ink signatures, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials and headpieces, initial blank, errata f. and Contents ff. at end, L2 small tear with loss in margin, slightly browned, some ink notes and coats of arms in margins by ?William Burton in a 17th century hand and other notes in a 19th century hand, 3pp. manuscript index at end, ink signature on title and ink signatures and inscriptions on A1, bookplates of Ducarel on front pastedown and of Treverbyn Vean (Cocks family of Cornwall) on front free endpaper, 19th century half calf, gilt, gilt panelled spine, red morocco label, [STC 4615], sm. 4to, by S. S. for Iohn Iaggard, and are to bee sold neere Temple-barre, at the signe of the Hand and Starre, 1602.

Carew's history, which is "above all a representation of Cornwall as its author saw it, in terms of the landscape and climate, and of the occupations of men and women whose lives these shaped. Such matters as the local tin mines, the fishing industry, and the games people played, including hurling, all come within the compass of his lively pen." - Oxford DNB.

Provenance: A good copy with an impressive series of owners: (1). Peter Le Neve, (1661-1729), herald and antiquary; "Liber Petri Le Neve Rouge Crois [Pursuivant] 1693"; (2). Andrew Coltée Ducarel (1713-1785), librarian and antiquary; "A Ducarel 1770"; (3). John Howard (1726?-1790), philanthropist; "John Howard 1787"; (4). Also 19th century ink inscription on A1: ?William Burton (1575-1645), antiquary; "The coates of Armes in this book were trick'd by William Burton of Lindley Esq in 1602. See Thom: Rawlinson's English Topographer p. 29."

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