(SUSSEX). ROUSE, James.

The Beauties and Antiquities of the County of Sussex: Forming a General Illustration of its Ecclesiastical and Castellated Remains...

London: Published by the Artist, 1825. First edition, two volumes - text volume 8vo, plate volume folio. Plate volume containing 148 lithographs - 4 per leaf, text volume with a hand coloured lithographic frontispiece and the bookplate of Rupert Sackville Gwynne, Conservative M.P., preliminaries with some light damp staining. Text volume bound in later 19th century half calf, plate volume rebound to style. Uncommon in this format, the plates are usually dissected and inserted into the octavo volume. The plate volume was acquired separately and has been bound up recently. Item #14439

Price: £350.00