Staffordshire.- Plot (Robert) The Natural History of Stafford-shire, first edition, title with large engraved vignette, engraved plate of 'Armes omitted', folding map (linen-backed and inserted in pocket at end) and 37 plates by Burghers, of which 26 double-page (mostly houses), 4pp. list of subscribers at end, plate 'Tab. XI' at p.189 with purple damp-staining, 2E4 torn without loss of text, second f. of subscribers strengthened with tape (still legible), the odd short tear or repair, some spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, 20th century half morocco, [Wing P2588], Oxford, At the Theatre, 1686; and a defective copy of Leigh's Natural History of Lancashire, 1700, small folio (2)

⁂ By the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Includes two chapters on minerals and fossils. Subscribers include Elias Ashmole and Robert Boyle.