[ARCHAEOLOGY.] The Journals of the British Archaeological Association, established 1843 for the encouragement and prosecution of researches into the arts and monuments of the early and middle ages. London, published by G. Bohn (and others), 1846-64.
22 vols., large 8vo; hundreds of plates (some coloured), numerous woodcut illustrations in the text; a few spots here and there but generally a very good, crisp copy bound in contemporary gilt stamped ivory vellum by Riviere, coronetted cipher on covers, gilt spine with two maroon labels, marbled edges.
A fine copy of the first 20 years' of the Journal of the British Archaeological Association, together with a volume each. for the second and third annual congress. The British Archaeological Association was founded in 1844. It intended to meet in the country rather than London, to visit monuments, museums, private collections, and to excavate or at least visit excavations; Lord Albert Conyngham was its first president and Charles Roach Smith one of its secretaries.
£650
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