Stonehenge.- Jones (Inigo) The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britian, vulgarly called Stone-Heng,
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Stonehenge.- Jones (Inigo) The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britian, vulgarly called Stone-Heng, on Salisbury Plain, Restored, 3 parts bound as 1 vol., engraved portrait and 12 plates only (of 13), of which 7 folding, general title in red and black, engraved initials and headpieces, 3Q2 with tear in text with no loss, ex-library with one or two discreet ink-stamps, marginal water-staining, bookplates of Sir Thomas Bankes Janson and Myles Storr Nigel Kennedy, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, bumping to corners, for D. Browne Junior ... and J. Woodman and D. Lyon, 1725.*** Jones' hypothesis of the Roman origin of Stonehenge, with Charleton's critical response to this, suggesting that the stones were erected by Danes, and Webb's defence of Jones.
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Stonehenge.- Jones (Inigo) The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britian, vulgarly called Stone-Heng,
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