° ° CAMBS: Lamb, John - Masters' History of the College of C...

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° ° CAMBS: Lamb, John - Masters' History of the College of Corpus Christi; and the Blessed Virgin Mary in the University of Cambridge. With additional matter and a continuation to the present time ... 6 plates; contemp. gilt-ruled calf, gilt-decorated and panelled spine, 4to. Cambridge and London,1831; (Parker, Rev. Richard) - The History and Antiquities of the University of Cambridge ... engraved pictorial title, text decorations; contemp. blind-panelled calf (rebacked). printed for T. Warner, (?1721); Wilson, Joseph - Memorabilia Cantabrigiae: or, An Account of the different Colleges in Cambridge ... with many original anecdotes ... numerous plates. rebound half cloth and marbled boards. 1803: also a related book (4)

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Lamb - good binding with Hudson Gurney's gilt crest on covers; most plts. foxed and soiled (with offsetting). (3), 504pp.; Parker - some intermittent foxing etc. but reasonably good, old armorial bkplt. title p.(25); X, 265, (5)pp., Wilson - new e/ps., lacks half title, good copy. (III)-XVIII, 342pp.; related book - Master's History of Corpus Christi (Camb, 1753) with folded plan - but lacking the 6 plts.

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