L’Estrange’s History of Chelsea Mapmaker(s)_Sir George Leonard Staunton unsophisticated copy

unsophisticated copy

and the National Library of Scotland

with map of the Thames Estuary inset

published concurrently with the standard first edition - at roughly twice the price - it wasn’t strictly limited to subscribers

some wear and separation at folds

L’Estrange’s History of Chelsea Mapmaker(s)_Sir George Leonard Staunton unsophisticated copyThe Village of Palaces; or, Chronicles of Chelsea. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1880 The Reverend Alfred LEstrange (1832 1915) wrote other topographical works on Greenwich and Winchester, edited the letters of Mary Russell Mitford and wrote a history of English humour. Condition & Materials 2 vols. 8vo. pp. xii, 311, 14 (adverts); viii, 347, [i]. Occasional spotting, red publishers cloth, a little rubbed, stain to cover of vol. 2; binders ticket of