Some account of the alien priories : and of such lands as they are known to have possessed in England and Wales : in two volumes.

Some account of the alien priories : and of such lands as they are known to have possessed in England and Wales : in two volumes.

London : Printed by and for J. Nichols : Sold by H. Payne ... and N. Conant ..., MDCCLXXIX [1779]

2 volumes : illustrations, folded map (engravings) ; 19 cm (octavo)

Preface signed: J.N. "collected from the mss. of J. Warburton and Dr. Ducarel by J. Nichols."
Vol. 1: xii, ix-lxiv, 66, [2], 67-110 [i.e. 190] p., [6] leaves of plates (3 folded); v. 2: [4], iii-v, [1], 42, [2], 43-53, [1], 61-234 p., [3] leaves of plates (2 folded).
Signatures: v. 1: a⁶ chi¹ b-d⁸ e⁴ ²chi¹ B⁸ C⁸ (C3+³chi¹) D-E⁸ F⁸ (F1+⁴chi¹) G-H⁸ I⁸ (I6+⁵chi¹) K⁸ (K1+⁶chi¹) ⁷chi¹ L⁷ M⁸ N² O⁴ P²; v. 2: pi² b² chi¹ B-C⁸ D⁸ (D5+²chi¹,³chi¹) ⁴chi¹ E⁸ (E2+⁵chi¹) F-I⁸ K⁹ L-O⁸ P-Q⁴.
Error in pagination: v. 1, p. 187-190 numbered 107-110.
Vol. 2, ⁵chi1b numbered "54-60" (following p. 53).
Vol. 1, ⁴chi is an inserted leaf of text (numbered 75*-76*); chi-³chi are folded.
Vol. 2, ²chi and ⁵chi are inserted leaves of text; E3-4 both signed E3. Chi and ³chi are folded.
Errata: v. 2, pi2a; advertisements on pi2b. Errata page is numbered 235, presumably for binding at end of vol.
Includes indexes.
Map by "le Sr. Baillieul, geographer", engraved by T. Bowen; other plates engraved by B.T. Pouncy.

In lib. copy, v. 1, p. ix-xii appear to be cancels; preface is signed simply "J.N.", no mention being made of Warburton or Ducarel. Cf. p. iii of preface: "... the following collections (by a gentleman whose name I am not permitted to mention, and which have since been considerably augmented by some other learned friends..."
Binding: contemporary quarter calf with corners, gold-tooled and -stamped on back, with title and vol. number labels (one of the latter wanting), marbled paper over boards, and page-edges brown on top, yellow on the bottom.

BM, v. 171, col. 586.

BX2592 .N53 1779

English