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Parts 1 & 2 only (of 3). [iv], 95; 95-178 pp. List of plates inserted at front of 2nd volumes. Engraved portrait of the author and 42 engraved plates (including 1 double page). An unmatched set of folios. Part 1 43.5x32 cm (17x12½") period cloth-backed marbled boards; Part 2 49x34.5 cm (19¼x13½"), original cloth- backed printed boards. An additional engraving from an unspecified work insert at the rear of the first volume.

A pioneering work on Wiltshire's "abundant" antiquities, including Avebury and Stonehenge. Sir Richard Colt Hoare was and English antiquary and landowner who resided at Stourhead. "My present researches will commence with the most early period of British History, and will terminate with the Roman era... I hope to throw some new light on the history of those Britons who formerly resided in our hills" (Preface).