RICHARDS, William. The History of Lynn … to which Is Prefixed a Copious Introductory Account of its Situation, Harbour, Rivers, Inland Trade and Navigation, the Ancient and Modern State of Marshland, Wisbeach and the Fens.

RICHARDS, William. The History of Lynn … to which Is Prefixed a Copious Introductory Account of its Situation, Harbour, Rivers, Inland Trade and Navigation, the Ancient and Modern State of Marshland, Wisbeach and the Fens.RICHARDS, William. The History of Lynn to which Is Prefixed a Copious Introductory Account of its Situation, Harbour, Rivers, Inland Trade and Navigation, the Ancient and Modern State of Marshland, Wisbeach and the Fens. W. G. Whittingham in Kings Lynn for R. Baldwin in London. 1812. Two volumes, 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, spines ornamented and numbered in gilt, black morocco lettering pieces; pp. xvi, 622, [4]; vii, 624 1216; folding engraved

RICHARDS, William. The History of Lynn … to which Is Prefixed a Copious Introductory Account of its Situation, Harbour, Rivers, Inland Trade and Navigation, the Ancient and Modern State of Marshland, Wisbeach and the Fens. W. G. Whittingham in Kings Lynn for R. Baldwin in London. 1812.

Two volumes, 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, spines ornamented and numbered in gilt, black morocco lettering-pieces; pp. xvi, 622, [4]; vii, 624-1216; folding engraved plan, tinted folding aquatint panorama and 14 tinted aquatint plates; binding expertly restored, occasional light spotting, a most attractive copy of probably the most beautiful antiquarian book on King's Lynn.

First edition. Before the Reformation (volume one) Lynn was a member of the Hanseatic League, and the architecture is rather reminiscent of what you see along the Baltic coast. Probably one of the best books on the important coastal town in Norfolk. It was written by a Welsh Baptist minister in Lynn, who was a strong advocate of slave emancipation, and left his library to Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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