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Buckman, Profesor & Newmarch C. H.
Illustrations of the Remains of Roman Art, In Cirencester, the Site of Ancient Corinium [John Clayton’s copy].
Publisher: George Bell, London;
Date of Publication: 1850
Stock Code: 12546
First edition, association copy. Small quarto, pp., xxxii, 155, [1], [4] catalogue. With 14 plates in total of which 2 coloured and 4 fold-out; 44 wood engraved figures within text. Publisher’s forest green cloth with gilt titles to spine, fillet in blind to boards and titles with decorative roundel in blind to upper board. Cloth sunned to spine and edges, with damp-stains to boards. From the library of John Clayton with his armorial bookplate and shelf number to front paste-down and gift inscription to him from John G. Talbot MP in year of publication to front free endpaper. Text-block cracked in several places but holding well. A little scattered foxing and some offsetting from plates otherwise contents clean. A good copy. Former owner John Clayton of the Chesters (1792-1890) has been described as the Saviour of Hadrian’s Wall, as he spent much of his considerable fortune purchasing the land around the Wall and Forts, preserving them for posterity and protecting them from development. This volume, focusing on finds further south at Cirencester, includes descriptions and illustrations of Roman roads, architecture, pavements, pottery, glass and coins. Scare. £95.00