Itinerarium Curiosum WITH Stonehenge a Temple Restor'd to the British Druids WITH Abury, A Temple of the British Druids WITH Volume of plates.

London: in York-Street, Covent-Garden: Messrs. Baker and Leigh, 1776. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. STUKELEY William. 255 plates. 3 titles in 3 volumes, including 1 volume of plates, in contemporary, attractive & uniform straight grain red morocco, decorative gilt tooling. Spines, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. VOL 1, Itinerarium Curiosum, Centuria I, 2nd ed, 1776, frontis, [7], (viii-x), [1], 2-205 pp, [1], [2] pl list, [4] index & includes 2 small pls within text (coins & text). (signature: 2ff, a-b2, B-Ggg, 3ff). Centuria II: [4], [1], 2-177 pp, [1], [10] index, [2] pl list. (signature: 1ff, A1, B-Ccc). Includes the Itinerary of Richard of Cirencester. VOL 2, The Plates (for Vol 1 Itinerarium), Cent II 106 pls (including 4 maps & plans - 1 folding & 3 double page views) Cent I 101 pls (including 8 plans & maps - 2 are double page & 2 are folding), plates dated 1721-1725. VOL 3, Stonehenge a Temple Restor'd to the British Druids, First edition, 1740, W Innys & R Manby, [4] blanks, frontis, [6], [1], (ii-vi), 66 pp, [3] index, [1], [4] blanks. Abury, a Temple of the British Druids, 1743, 1st ed, W Innys etc, large folding plan frontis, [6], [1], (ii-vi), 102 pp, (vi) index, 40 pls + 4 smaller within text (some pls dated 1722/23/24). Contemporary marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, a few small marks to boards, some light offsetting, a few unseen paper repairs, gilt tooling to board edges & turn ins. An excellent example of Stukeley's major works, rarely found in such uniform contemporary bindings. (338*216, 339*215, 339*214 mm). (ESTC T145546. Allibone 2296. Graesse p515). T146679. Lowndes 2541. Allibone 2296). Stukeley was often, and probably unfairly, considered an eccentric, he was reluctant to practice the circumspection necessary in the study of prehistory, to temper his imagination, or to take the more cautionary advice of friends. However, his unstinted enthusiasm, dedication, and keen eye merited him his position as the father of British field archaeology. ODNB