A copy of Charles Gilbert’s County of Cornwall, 2 vols, 1817-20, estimated £200-300 at Gorringe’s.
He was a senior lecturer in history at Shoreditch College, author of a number of books on furniture and transport and a council member of the Furniture History Society.
This first part will comprise books on English counties, towns and villages, together with numerous early town guides, such as Halstead’s History…of the County of Kent, 12 vols, 1797-1812, estimate £400-600; Charles Gilbert’s County of Cornwall, 2 vols, 1817-20, £200-300; Joseph Pote’s History and Antiquities of Windsor Castle, 1749, £120-160.
A plate of Stonehenge from Sir Richard Hoade’s ‘History of Modern Wiltshire’, 1826, estimated at £150-200 at Gorringe’s.
