{"id":463,"date":"2012-07-19T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/specialcollections\/2012\/07\/19\/archive-item-of-the-month-july-2012\/"},"modified":"2012-07-19T09:50:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T09:50:00","slug":"archive-item-of-the-month-july-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/2012\/07\/19\/archive-item-of-the-month-july-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Archive Item of the Month – July 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To coincide with the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (BGAS) Library open day on Saturday 21st July, our item this month is a 300 year old first edition of Sir Robert Atkyns\u2019s The Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire, published in 1712.<\/span><\/div>\n


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\nSir Robert Atkyns (1647\u20131711) was a topographer, antiquary, and Member of Parliament. He was educated at St Edmund\u2019s Hall, Oxford, and at Lincoln\u2019s Inn. He held various powerful positions including that of Deputy Lieutenant for Gloucestershire. He was knighted by Charles II in 1663 and was an MP firstly for Cirencester and then for Gloucester.<\/span>
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\nHis work The Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire was the first complete county history of its kind to be published, and had a great influence on successive volumes charting the history of Gloucestershire. The work includes coats of arms of prominent local families, a detailed map of the county and illustrated plates, as well as detailing various parish histories around the county.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The work is in excellent condition and extremely rare. An inscription written c. 1800 by an anonymous scribe in the front of the volume tells us why:<\/span>
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This impression of Sir Rob. Atkyns\u2019s Glostershire is very valuable, as all the copies were accidently burnt except about one hundred. There is a new edition of less value than this printed in 1768\u2026 It has 73 copper plates. The above copies were destroy\u2019d by fire in the printing office of William Bowyer father to the late Will. Bowyer printer. It happen\u2019d Jan. 30th<\/sup> 1712-13. Many of the copies which were sav\u2019d retain the indelible marks of those flames from which they were with much difficulty rescued. This copy was probably not in the office when the accident happen\u2019d<\/div>\n

If you would like to come along and see this treasure please consider coming to our open day, part of the Council for British Archaeology\u2019s Festival of Archaeology fortnight. We will be open on Saturday 21st July from 10am \u2013 4pm. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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