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1812375718Archaeologia or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity London 1812. Booklet - Unbound Pages. Very Good Condition. 25 pages. An authentic standalone article extracted from a larger volume of Archaeologia Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity. Not a reprint or reproduction but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 21.5 x 28 cms. Category: Archaeologia; Antiquarian & Rare; New Arrivals;. Archaeologia, or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity unknown
185656890London & Newcastle-upon-Tyne: John Russell Smith 36 Soho Square Printed by J.G. Forster and Co. Clayton St. 1856. 4to. 6 166 pp. Colour chromolith frontisp. colour chromolith dedication page 16 colour chromolithograph plates. Quarter-black calf over colour-chromolith boards minor chipping head & foot of spine scuffing wear to covers wear to corners occasional interior tidemark at gutter margin verso of frontisp still a VG- copy w/ former ownership marking on ffep. First edition of this beautifully lithographed history and reproduction of the Bayeux tapestry illustrating the conquest of England by William the Conqueror and featuring a chromolith dedication to the Duchess of Northumberland. Bruce 1805-1892 was an accomplished artist and drawing master well known for his advocacy and promotion of the importance of Hadrian’s Wall who published “The Roman Wall†in 1851 and after a subsequent trip to Normandy conceived the idea of a facsimile and lectures on the Bayeux and is still stored in the Library of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. See: Ian Bower John Collingwood Bruce -- A Victorian Champion of Hadrian’s Wall Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums April 21 2020. John Russell Smith, 36, Soho Square, [Printed by J.G. Forster and Co., Clayton St.], hardcover