BATTELY, JOANNE (JOHN) - ‘ANTIQUITATES RUTUPINAE’ (ANTIQUITIES OF RICHBOROUGH)
BATTELY, JOANNE (JOHN) - ‘ANTIQUITATES RUTUPINAE’ (ANTIQUITIES OF RICHBOROUGH)
second edition, bound together with 'Antiquitates S. Edmundi Burgi' (Antiquities of St Albans), also second edition, published at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 1745, gilt tooled red grained leather bound with titled spine, retaining fold-out maps and other plates, front flyleaf with Perran Wood bookplate
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
BATTELY, JOANNE (JOHN) - ‘ANTIQUITATES RUTUPINAE’ (ANTIQUITIES OF RICHBOROUGH)
second edition, bound together with 'Antiquitates S. Edmundi Burgi' (Antiquities of St Albans), also second edition, published at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 1745, gilt tooled red grained leather bound with titled spine, retaining fold-out maps and other plates, front flyleaf with Perran Wood bookplate
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
