Carew (Richard, of Antonie). The Survey of Cornwall, 1st edition, London: printed by S[imon]. S[afford]. for John Jaggard, 1602, preliminary blank leaf present, errata leaf followed by two leaves of Table at rear, front flyleaf with several early inscriptions including that of J. Godfrey of Norton Court, dated November 29, 1711, noting that the "new binding" cost two shillings, armorial bookplate of Phillip Carteret Webb to front pastedown, and of William Arthur, sixth Duke of Portland to rear pastedown, occasional browning and some marginal damp-stains, early 18th-century panelled calf, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, joints cracked, small 4to (Quantity: 1) Provenance: John Godfrey of Norton Court, near Faversham, Kent (bookplate). The Royal Society hold a manuscript account by him of the total lunar eclipse of 1729. STC 4615. The first edition of Carew's pioneering county history, which is "above all a representation of Cornwall as its author saw it, in terms of the landscape and climate, and of the occupations of men and women whose lives these shaped. Such matters as the local tin mines, the fishing industry, and the games people played, including hurling, all come within the compass of his lively pen." (ODNB). The volume includes valuable descriptions of Cornish topography, industries, sports, and pastimes, with accounts of miracle plays, tin mining, the pilchard industry, and agriculture, written in characteristic and pleasantly entertaining Elizabethan prose.
Carew (Richard, of Antonie). The Survey of Cornwall, 1st edition, London: printed by S[imon]. S[afford]. for John Jaggard, 1602, preliminary blank leaf present, errata leaf followed by two leaves of Table at rear, front flyleaf with several early inscriptions including that of J. Godfrey of Norton Court, dated November 29, 1711, noting that the "new binding" cost two shillings, armorial bookplate of Phillip Carteret Webb to front pastedown, and of William Arthur, sixth Duke of Portland to rear pastedown, occasional browning and some marginal damp-stains, early 18th-century panelled calf, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, joints cracked, small 4to (Quantity: 1) Provenance: John Godfrey of Norton Court, near Faversham, Kent (bookplate). The Royal Society hold a manuscript account by him of the total lunar eclipse of 1729. STC 4615. The first edition of Carew's pioneering county history, which is "above all a representation of Cornwall as its author saw it, in terms of the landscape and climate, and of the occupations of men and women whose lives these shaped. Such matters as the local tin mines, the fishing industry, and the games people played, including hurling, all come within the compass of his lively pen." (ODNB). The volume includes valuable descriptions of Cornish topography, industries, sports, and pastimes, with accounts of miracle plays, tin mining, the pilchard industry, and agriculture, written in characteristic and pleasantly entertaining Elizabethan prose.
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