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Content summary: 13 August 1810: John Britton to William Cunnington- Three volumes of Beatuies have not been produced because of ill health. He intends to travel for five or six weeks through Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Lincoln, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire. He asks for more honey. JB has 'received your curious and interesting book on the antiquities of Wiltshire. 'I very much object to its unweildy, unpleasant and expensive/expansive size.' Architectural Antiquiites has sold 1300 copies, second edition to be printed

Summary: 13 August 1810: John Britton to William Cunnington- Three volumes of Beatuies have not been produced because of ill health. He intends to travel for five or six weeks through Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Lincoln, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire. He asks for more honey. JB has 'received your curious and interesting book on the antiquities of Wiltshire. 'I very much object to its unweildy, unpleasant and expensive/expansive size.' Architectural Antiquiites has sold 1300 copies, second edition to be printed.


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