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Raine, James.
Saint Cuthbert: With an Account of the State in Which His Remains were Found upon the Opening of His Tomb in Durham Cathedral, in the Year MDCCCXXVII [presentation copy].
Publisher: Printed by F. Humble. Published by Geo. Andrews, Durham;
Date of Publication: 1828
Stock Code: 15302
First edition. Quarto, pp., [2], 231, [1], 13, [1], vii, [1], plus 8 full-page plates, decorative initial capitals, and numerous illustrations within text. Publisher’s two-tone morocco; spine on five bands; titled and ornamented in gilt to spine; gilt fillets to boards; all edges gilt; purple silk place-marker; citron end-papers. Inscribed ‘with the author’s compliments’ in ink to front free end-paper; contemporary ownership inscription of Joseph Bouet, a drawing master at Durham to title-page; later nineteenth-century ownership inscription of one ‘Joseph Hutchinson’ of Durham College to front free-endpaper; occasional pencil sketches after illustrations in the book to margins. Corners, joints, and spine rubbed; binding otherwise square and in good order. Very occasional spotting to contents; minimal offsetting to pages facing plates. A very solid copy. An interesting presentation copy of the antiquarian James Raine’s study of Saint Cuthbert. James Raine (1791-1858), was a clergyman, author and antiquarian, founded the Surtees Society, which has been invaluable in the publication of works relating to the north of England. This book is an important account of the opening of Cuthbert’s tomb, published just a year after the event. £150.00