Tumuli Wiltunenses; A Guide to the Barrows on the Plains of Stonehenge
Shaftesbury: Printed by J. Rutter, 1829.
First edition. 50 pp. with all six plates. Bound in later gray cloth with black leather label along spine, lettered in gilt. Very Good with wear and soiling to title page and final page (they may have served as wraps) and repairs to title page; horizontal tear to title page; former owner's name on front free endpaper. Eight small additional illustrations of barrows mounted on paste down and verso of dedication page; they're from another work, perhaps by the same author. A scarce early work on the cemetery and monuments next to Stonehenge. Item #140944046
Price: $1,500.00
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