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Pictures, Maps and Text from Volume III of The Antiquities of England and Wales by Captain Francis Grose. I also have Volume I. I bought Volume 3 from a rather unscrupulous (it seems) book dealer in Cornwall, who neglected to mention the missing maps.
There is a short biography of Francis Grose from 1814.
The maps in this series of books were originally engraved in about 1694 for John Seller’s Anglia Contracta. John Seller was a noted map maker and publisher of the second half of the 17th century, known especially for his sea charts. Years later Francis Grose got hold of the engraved plates for the maps and used them in this popular series of Antiquities, removing the John Seller cartouche. The colour in the maps would have been added by hand after printing.
Captain Francis Grose is also known for compiling dictionaries. I have a copy of his Provincial Glossary. He also wrote a dictionary of slang; Project Gutenberg has made a text version of an 1811 version of this (I have a fac simile edition) and I have used this as a starting point, corrected many errors, and put it online as the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Captain Francis Grose.
Title: The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III
Published by: C. Clarke, for S. Hooper
City: London
Date: 1783
Total items: 7
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Ostenhanger House, Kent, Plate I]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-Antiquities-VolIII/wm/big/082-Ostenhanger-House-Kent-plate-1-q67-267x200.jpg "[picture: Ostenhanger House, Kent, Plate I]")
Ostenhanger House, Kent, Plate I
Ostenhanger was merged with next-door Westenhanger Castle in 1509; today the manor is open for weddings but the part shown in this woodcut appears to be in ruins. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Leibourn Castle, Kent, Plate 1]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-Antiquities-VolIII/wm/big/063-Leibourn-Castle,-Kent-pl1-q50-294x200.jpg "[picture: Leibourn Castle, Kent, Plate 1]")
Leibourn Castle, Kent, Plate 1
Pub 10th Sept. 1784. by S. Hooper. R Godfrey Sc. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Bookplate (ex libris) from Volume III]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-Antiquities-VolIII/wm/big/000-1-bookplate-q75-143x200.jpg "[picture: Bookplate (ex libris) from Volume III]")
Bookplate (ex libris) from Volume III
A bookplate (ex libris) from inside the front cover of Volume III of Grose’s Antiquities. People who collected books would often have these printed onto labels that they would paste inside the covers of the books in their library. This one shows the crest and Latin motto, dat deus incrememntum, which is, God giveth increase. The motto is not uncommon, but I found a Web site showing the same crest (in colour) and claiming it to be of the Ottley Family, here. the Royal College of St. Peter at Westminster (Westminster School) has the same motto but a different crest. The sideways-facing helmet at the top of [...]The Grammar of heraldry (Samuel Kent, 1718) [more...] [$]
![[picture: The White Tower, or Tower of London]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-Antiquities-VolIII/wm/big/141-tower-of-london-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: The White Tower, or Tower of London]")
The White Tower, or Tower of London
“This tower was erected anno 1079, by William the Conqueror, as a keep to a fortress begun by him in the year 1067, to awe the citizens of london; the architect was Gundulph, bishop of Rochester. Fitz Stephens has falsely [...] [more...] [$]
Pictures, Maps and Text from Volume III of The Antiquities of England and Wales by Captain Francis Grose. I also have Volume I. I bought Volume 3 from a rather unscrupulous (it seems) book dealer in Cornwall, who neglected to mention the missing maps.
There is a short biography of Francis Grose from 1814.
The maps in this series of books were originally engraved in about 1694 for John Seller’s Anglia Contracta. John Seller was a noted map maker and publisher of the second half of the 17th century, known especially for his sea charts. Years later Francis Grose got hold of the engraved plates for the maps and used them in this popular series of Antiquities, removing the John Seller cartouche. The colour in the maps would have been added by hand after printing.
Captain Francis Grose is also known for compiling dictionaries. I have a copy of his Provincial Glossary. He also wrote a dictionary of slang; Project Gutenberg has made a text version of an 1811 version of this (I have a fac simile edition) and I have used this as a starting point, corrected many errors, and put it online as the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Captain Francis Grose.
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![[picture: Bookplate (ex libris) from Volume III, colour version]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-Antiquities-VolIII/wm/big/000-1-bookplate-300dpi-colour-q75-146x200.jpg "[picture: Bookplate (ex libris) from Volume III, colour version]")
