CAREW, Richard.

The Survey of Cornwall. And an Epistle concerning the Excellence of the English Tongue... With the Life of the Author, by H*** C***** Esq. [Pierre Des Maizeaux]. .

London: B. Law and J. Hewett, 1769. Small 4to, (ii), xxv, (v) pp, 159, (8) ff, 13, (1) pp. Early manuscript list of "Arms of the Cornish Gentry" to two final blanks, both with some damp staining to the top corner but not affecting the text leaves. Modern black morocco, retaining an earlier morocco spine label, an attractive copy. "Although more Histories of Cornwall have been written than of any other county, they are all wretched productions; and the Survey of Carew remains beyond all comparison the most accurate and satisfactory" (Lowndes II p. 371). Item #50067

Price: £300.00