The history and antiquities of the county of Essex. : Compiled from the best and most ancient historians; ... by Philip Morant, ... In two volumes. ... Illustrated with copper plates.

London : Printed for T. Osborne; J. Whiston; S. Baker; L. Davis and C. Reymers; and B. White, 1768.

2v.,plates : maps ; (fol.)

Ordinary paper issue.

With a list of subscribers in vol. 1.

With a separate titlepage in vol. 1 for 'The history and antiquities of the most ancient town and borough of Colchester', second edition improved, as well as the 'Appendix' with separate pagination and register; after this come the accounts of the hundreds in Essex.

Ordinary paper issue - gutter 2.7cms; height 35.3 cms
DFONOTE blg gen. title page in vol. 1 is dated MDCCLXIII [1763] (perhaps dropping accidentally a 'V', to make 1768) ; all divisional title page's dated 1768 ; pag.: vol. 1: [6],xxviii,[4],195,[1],28,[1],26-28,519,[1] p. ; vol. 2: [4],646p. (Folger copy may be anomalously bound)

English short title catalogue (ESTC), T147697

Great Britain -- England -- London.

147- 752f Vol. 1

Bound in full calf gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Provenance: Folger purchase from T. Thorp, 5 October 1954

147- 752f Vol. 2

Bound in full calf gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Provenance: Folger purchase from T. Thorp, 5 October 1954

148- 007f Vol. 1

Volume title-leaf and table of contents misbound after leaf *2B2; lacking two plates. Bound in full diced russia gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Provenance: label of Kimbolton Castle, case no. 60, shelf Ch.a.R

148- 007f Vol. 2

Bound in full diced russia gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Provenance: label of Kimbolton Castle, case no. 60, shelf Ch.a.R