Fuller, Thomas

Folio (13 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.; 332 x 221 mm). Engraved frontispiece (Johnson, Clein No. 3, not illustrated), title within double-ruled border with large woodcut crown above the imprint, text within ruled border with marginal column for side-notes, engraved plate of armorials by John Goddard, folding map of Palestine, 26 double-folding maps and plates, most signed by Thomas Cross, John Goddard, William Marshall, and Robert Vaughan. Contemporary polished calf, double-filleted in gilt, small floral cornerpieces, the spine in seven compartments with raised bands flanked by gilt rules, one lettering piece, edges stained red; upper joint cracked, lower joint starting, head of spine torn, some neat repairs to foot of spine.

Richard Isted (contemporary inscription on frontispiece: "Liber Ric[har]d Isted pretii xviii s. vi d") — Ambrose Isted, Esq. (d. 1781; armorial bookplate on title-page verso).   acquisition: Bernard Quaritch, 1959

Wing F2455; ESTC R18096

Folio (13 1 /8 x 8 3/4 in.; 332 x 221 mm). Engraved frontispiece (Johnson, Clein No. 3, not illustrated), title within double-ruled border with large woodcut crown above the imprint, text within ruled border with marginal column for side-notes, engraved plate of armorials by John Goddard, folding map of Palestine, 26 double-folding maps and plates, most signed by Thomas Cross, John Goddard, William Marshall, and Robert Vaughan. Contemporary polished calf, double-filleted in gilt, small floral cornerpieces, the spine in seven compartments with raised bands flanked by gilt rules, one lettering piece, edges stained red; upper joint cracked, lower joint starting, head of spine torn, some neat repairs to foot of spine.
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First edition of Fuller's geographical and historical account of the Holy Land. To finance the publication he found individual sponsors for each section of the text. Each sponsor's support is commemorated in a cartouche of an engraved plate. A bright, fresh copy.