Ducatus Leodiensis: or the topography of the ancient and populous Town and Parish of Leedes and parts adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York
by Thoresby, Ralph & Whitaker, Thomas Dunham
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Printed by B. Dewhirst for Robinson, Son and Holdsworth, Leeds and John Hurst Wakefield, 1816, 2nd edition with notes and additions. This copy without any boards. Folio, 17.5ins x 11.5ins, [vi], xvii, (i), xvii (Life of the author), (i), 268pp, 123pp (Catalogue of the antiquities in Museum Thoresbyanum, 159pp (Catalogue of natural and artificial rarities)11pp (index), 1pp binding instructions plus frontis portrait, 10pp plates and 16 pedigrees (many folding or double page). All present as listed. Many shields and other pedigrees within the text. The second hald of the book (Museum catalogue) was edited by Thomas Dunham Whitaker. The last two pages are hanging on by a single thread. The rest of the volume is well sewn. Chipping to page edges of last two pages. A complete work without boards or endpapers - suitable for rebinding or as a working reference copy. Nb heavy book (4kg) expensive to post overseas.
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- Ducatus Leodiensis: or the topography of the ancient and populous Town and Parish of Leedes and parts adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York
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- Thoresby, Ralph & Whitaker, Thomas Dunham
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