Patronymica Britannica. A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom; Endeavoured by...
London: John Russell Smith; Lewes: G.P. Bacon, 1860. First edition. Large 8vo. (ii), xlviii, 443, (3) pp. Later grey quarter cloth over marbled boards, gilt lettered spine label. Frontispiece portrait. Slight sunning to the spine, very good overall. In the first letter, dated 3rd September 1860, the author entreats Warne to become a subscriber of the work. The second letter is dated exactly two months later, by which time Warne has evidently accepted his request (though curiously his name doesn't appear in the long list of subscriber's included to the rear of the preliminary leaves). Both Lower and Warne were fellows of the Society of Antiquaries and it is apparent that their interests overlapped, the second letter is less formal in tone and concludes with a promise to visit Warne when he is in his area and a request that he can correspond again on the subjects contained in the book. Item #51768
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