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Shortt, W. T. P.
Collectanea Curiosa Antiqua Dunmonia; Or, An Essay on Some Druidical Remains in Devon and also on its Noble Ancient Camps and Circumvallations Interspersed with many Interesting Numismatic Memoranda and Notices of late Discoveries of Roman Coins, Pottery, and other Remains in Exeter and Devon.
Publisher: W.C. Featherstone & J. B. Nichols & Son, Exeter & London;
Date of Publication: 1841
Stock Code: 12449
Rare first edition. Octavo, pp. [4], 96, [2]. Title-page printed in red and black. Complete with vignette of ‘N.W View of Shilstone Cromlech’ to title-page and 6 numbered plates to rear. Full forest green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Cloth lightly toned to spine with wear at tips; boards bruised at corners with some unobtrusive stains to lower board with associated rippling. A shaken copy with weak inner front hinge. Ownership inscription in ink to front paste-down; newspaper clipping referring to publication tipped-in. Undated, but an 1841 discovery of coins is referred to in the text. Rare work on the antiquities of Devon, with notes on Roman coins, discovery of Roman hoards and a list of Exeter trading and tavern tokens. £425.00