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Throsby's memoirs of the town and county of Leicester, Volumes I, II, III, IV, V and VI in 3 books
by Throsby, John
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Ibstock, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leicester: S. Crowder & J. Gregory, for the Author. Good. 1777. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 3, small format, clean hardbacks tightly rebound in brown half leather over marbled boards, gilt titles on red & green leather labels, 4 raised bands with gilt decoration, new endpapers, 5¾" x 4". Vol I viii + 176 pages + Vol II iv + 180 pages, illustrations on plates, foldout map. Vol III: Ex university library, one stamp and number in pen on title page verso, number repeated on last page of Vol IV. 176 pages, illustrations in the text, foldout picture of Leicester Abbey. Vol IV: 166 pages. Vol V: Ex university library, one stamp and number in pen on title page verso, number repeated on last page of Vol VI. 176 pages, illustrations on plates. Vol VI 138 pages + index + subscribers list, illustrations on plates .
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- Bookseller
- Aucott & Thomas
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68911
- Title
- Throsby's memoirs of the town and county of Leicester, Volumes I, II, III, IV, V and VI in 3 books
- Author
- Throsby, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- S. Crowder & J. Gregory, for the Author
- Place of Publication
- Leicester
- Date Published
- 1777
- Keywords
- Leicester, Local History, Leicestershire, Ashby De La Zouch, Cardinal Wolsey
- Bookseller catalogs
- History / British;
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