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Surtees (Robert). The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 4 volumes, facsimile reprint, Wakefield: E.P. Publishing, 1972, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, folio, together with other facsimile reprints including Drake (Francis), Eboracum: or, the History and Antiquities of the City of York, facsimile reprint, Wakefield: E.P. Publishing, 1978, monochrome map & plates (some folding), illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, and Nicolson (Joseph & Burn, Richard), The History and Antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, 2 volumes, facsimile reprint, Wakefield: E.P. Publishing, 1976, two monochrome folding maps, original cloth in dust jackets, 4to (Quantity: 7) Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.