Illingworth, Rev. Cayley

A Topographical Account of the Parish of Scampton in the County of Lincoln and of the Roman Antiquities lately discovered there; Together with Anecdotes of the Family of Bolle

London [by Strahan and Preston] for T. Cadell and W. Davies 1810 Additional engraved title with a large vignette by Sophia Illingworth, frontispiece map and folding map (both partly hand-coloured), hand-coloured folding plate of the Roman mosaic pavement by William Fowler, 10 single page plates, and engraved arms at the foot of p.65. Second Edition. 4to. [4]ff, 65pp. Bound in contemporary diced-russia, the covers with a gilt border of a thick and thin fillet and palmette roll, the spine divided into six panels, lettered in two, the others tooled in gilt and blind, marbled endleaves and edges. (Joints very slightly rubbed at the head and foot). Occasional light foxing, and small damp-stains in the margins of a number of plates. The binding is in fine condition. A plate of a Bowles memorial in Bath Abbey and a Cayley bookplate have been loosely inserted. The first edition was privatly printed for distribution amongst friends in 1808. This second enlarged edition was reprinted for the benefit of the widows and orphans of distressed clergymen in the county of Lincoln. Illingworth was Rector of Scampton, and Archdeacon of Stow, and he offered this work as "his mite towards an History of his County". He had been involved in the excavation of the local Roman villa in 1795, which would have brought him into contact with William Fowler, who contributed the fine hand-coloured plate of the pavement. Bookplates of Henry Carrington Bowles and John Harris.

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