John Ashton — Hyde Park from Domesday-Book to Date

London, Downey & Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this history of Hyde Park from the Domesday Book, with many illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty plates. Collated complete. The history of Hyde Park from the Middle English "Great Survey" and the early Commonwealth, through the plague of 1665, the coronation of George IV, The Great Exhibition of 1851, and the funeral of Queen Caroline, to contemporary London at the time of publishing. With commentary on horse racing, dueling, and ice-skating in the park, as well as the springs. Written by John Ashton, a British historian. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the edges of the boards. The odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .