Encyclopedia of Antiquities, and Elements of Archaeology Classical and Mediæval

By the Rev. Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, M.A. F.S.A., Honorary Associate of the Royal Society of Literature; Honorary member of the Bristol Philosophical Institution, &c. &c. &c. ; in two volumes
Book condition: Very Good.
Published 1825
Printed by and for John Nichols and Son, printers to The Society of Antiquaries London .
First Edition.
Added t.p., engraved with title vignette.
Title vignettes.
"Biographical account of the author": v. 1, p. [vii]-xi.
Head-pieces; tail-pieces.
Includes index.
35 leaves of plates, illustrating archaeological finds and both prehistoric and historic monuments throughout Britain.

This highly collectible and thoroughly illustrated set, now nearly 200 years old, contains the bookplates of Samuel Hibbert Ware (1782-1848)m English geologist and antiquarian, as well as the stamp of Woodwards Gardens, the combination zoo, museum and amusement park that served San Francisco from 1866-1891.