Richard Carew of Antony; F. E. Halliday (ed.) — The Survey of Cornwall

London, Andrew Melrose, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. Intuitive 1953 first edition of the famous Richard Carew Survey of Cornwall with ten maps by John Norden. First edition of the 1953 edit by notable academic F. E. Halliday.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Featuring a frontispiece portrait of the author, and ten double-page maps from renowned Elizabethan cartographer John Norden. Collated, complete.The Survey of Cornwall was first published in 1602. Written by prominent antiquary Richard Carew, best known for this work and as the High Sheriff of Cornwall between 1583 and 1586, it serves as a significant early publication of an English-county topography. In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart with only slight bumping and shelf wear but suffers from moderate marking to both boards. Internally, firmly bound. Faint spotting heavier to the first and last few pages, pages otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: John Norden. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.