17th Century Leather Bound Book: Index Villaris by John Adams, 2nd Edition

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Antique 17th century leather bound book by cartographer John Adams listing over 24,000 cities, towns and villages in England … Read more DETAILS
Antique 17th century leather bound book by cartographer John Adams listing over 24,000 cities, towns and villages in England and Wales.

PROVENANCE
Property of a gentleman (Montreal, Quebec, Canada). Acquired from Francis Edwards Limited (London, England), June 9, 1980. Library stamp: Bib. Maj. Collegi... Stonyhurst.

TITLE
Index villaris, or, An alphabetical table of all cities, market-towns, parishes, villages, private seats in England and Wales

PUBLISHER
Printed for T. Sawbridge

BINDING
Full brown leather hardcover. Monogram: N.S.

ILLUSTRATED
Maps

LANGUAGE
English

EDITION
Originally published: 1680 | 2nd Edition: 1690

SUBJECT(S)
British cartography and geography

PLACE OF ORIGIN
England | United Kingdom

AUTHOR(S)
John Adams (English, before 1670-1738) | Map engraver: Sutton Nicholls (English, active: 1700-40)

PERIOD
William & Mary (1689-94) | Late 17th century

DATE
1690

DIMENSIONS
Width 10 Depth 1.75 Height 15 inches

CONDITION
Note: due to a binder's error, p. 393-396 are missing and p. 301-4 are repeated. Rebacked. See less