
The History and Antiquities of Maidstone, the County-Town of Kent
NEWTON, William
From the Manuscript Collections of William Newton.
FIRST DEDICATED HISTORY OF THE COUNTY TOWN
Published: Printed for the Author, 1741
Stock code: 710
Price: £180.00
8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece; nineteenth century full roan, sides with blind frame border, gilt back, uncut, patterned endpapers, backstrip chafed at extreme head, a very fresh, clean copy of a scarce work.
The proposed 'Appendix' mentioned in the final leaf was not issued. The first published individual history of the county town. A VERY DESIRABLE COPY . Anderson p.143; Upcott, p.431