HASTED, EDWARD - 'THE HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTY OF KENT'
HASTED, EDWARD - 'THE HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTY OF KENT'
second edition, volumes 1-12, printed by W. Bristow, Canterbury, 1797, gilt tooled grained leather bound, the restored spines with black leather half titles, retaining plates, inside front covers with Charles William Packe and Perran Wood bookplates (12)
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.
HASTED, EDWARD - 'THE HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTY OF KENT'
second edition, volumes 1-12, printed by W. Bristow, Canterbury, 1797, gilt tooled grained leather bound, the restored spines with black leather half titles, retaining plates, inside front covers with Charles William Packe and Perran Wood bookplates (12)
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.
