The history and antiquities of the county of Essex : compiled from the best and most ancient historians, from Domesday-book, Inquisitiones post mortem, and other the most valuable records and mss. &c. / the whole digested, improved, perfected, and brought down to the present time, by Philip Morant ; illustrated with copper plates.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for T. Osborne ..., J. Whiston ..., S. Baker ..., L. Davis and C. Reymers ... and B. White ..., 1768.
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. (some folded), 9 maps, plan ; 48 x 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates engraved by Thomas Bowen, J. Mynde, Benjamin Green, George Vertue, Larken, John Hakewill, Bland, Emanuel Bowen, Charles Mosley and Thomas White; after John Deane, Benjamin Green, Dunthorne, J. Kirby, E, Hamman, Thomas Olive and A. Baldrey.
Subject Terms:
Essex (England) -- History. | Essex (England) -- Antiquities. | Colchester (England) -- History. | Abbeys -- England -- Essex. | Castles & palaces -- England -- Essex. | Churches -- England -- Essex. | Estates -- England -- Essex. | Ruins -- England -- Essex. | Morrell -- Bookbinder. | Pepper, Michael -- Bookplate. | Foyle, William A. (William Alfred), 1885–1963 -- Bookplate. | Osborne, T. -- Publisher. | Whiston, J. -- Publisher. | Baker, S. -- Publisher. | Davis, L. -- Publisher. | Reymers, C. -- Publisher. | White, B. -- Publisher. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1768.
Morant, Philip, 1700–1770. History and antiquities of the most ancient town and borough of Colchester. | Bowen, Thomas, engraver. | Mynde, James, 1702–1771, engraver. | Green, Benjamin, 1739–1798. | Vertue, George, 1684–1756, engraver. | Larken, engraver. | Hakewill, John, 1740 or 1742–1791, engraver. | Bland, engraver. | Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694–1767, engraver. | Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720–approximately 1770, engraver. | White, Thomas, approximately 1730–approximately 1775, engraver. | Deane, John, ca. 1750–ca. 1798, ill. | Dunthorne, ill. | Kirby, J., ill. | Hamman, E., ill. | Olive, Thomas, ca. 1748–1799, ill. | Baldrey, A., ill.