THE STONE CROSSES OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON
London and Northampton: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. with Joseph Tebbutt, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Limited to 200 numbered small paper copies. An annotated catalogue of the memorial, churchyard, market, boundary, wayside, preaching, and weeping stone crosses in Northamptonshire, a landlocked county in central England. The crosses are divided with respect to age: Anglo-Saxon, from about 800 to 1066; Norman, from about 1066 to 1180; Early English, from about 1180 to 1272; Decorated, from about 1272 to 1377; and Perpendicular, from about 1377 to 1530. Includes much detail concerning their erection, ornamentation, symbolism, function, destruction, restoration, etc. More than 60 illustrations. Tall octavo. Green cloth binding, with dark green and gilt stamping. The boards are a bit edgeworn, with a bump to the bottom corner of the front board, and a minor snag in the cloth along the bottom edge; otherwise a very good copy. Very Good. Item #835097750
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