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
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London: Maurice Atkins; Henry Clements, 1715. Hardcover. Good. [6], v-xxii, 628, [9]p. 33.5 cm half leather binding with marbled boards. 2 foldout engraved plates intact. Numerous other engravings throughout including crests, coins, and graphs illustrating family lineage. Boards and title page detached. Remaining book intact. Leather worn with scuffing and tears. Boards also scuffed. Spine show wear. In need of repair. Some penciling in the margins of index. Last page of index torn out with only part of the top remaining. Pages clean. Text unmarked. Third foldout plate damaged with flout portions torn out.
With the Pedigrees of many of the Nobility and Gentry, and other Matters relating to those Parts, Extracted from Records, Original Evidences, and Manuscripts. . To which is added, at the Request of several Learned Persons, a Catalogue of his Musaeum, with the Curiosities Natural and Artificial, and the Antiquities; particularly the Roman, British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Scotch COINS, with Modern MEDALS. Also a Catalogue of Manuscripts; the Various Editions of the BIBLE, and of Books Published in the Infancy of the Art of Printing. With an ACCOUNT of some unusual Accidents that have attended some persons, attempted after the Method of Dr. Plot.
With the Pedigrees of many of the Nobility and Gentry, and other Matters relating to those Parts, Extracted from Records, Original Evidences, and Manuscripts. . To which is added, at the Request of several Learned Persons, a Catalogue of his Musaeum, with the Curiosities Natural and Artificial, and the Antiquities; particularly the Roman, British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Scotch COINS, with Modern MEDALS. Also a Catalogue of Manuscripts; the Various Editions of the BIBLE, and of Books Published in the Infancy of the Art of Printing. With an ACCOUNT of some unusual Accidents that have attended some persons, attempted after the Method of Dr. Plot.
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- Title
- 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.
- Author
- THORESBY, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Maurice Atkins; Henry Clements
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1715
- Keywords
- British; Genealogy; Crests; Coins, Yorkshire, West Riding
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