David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Thoresby, R., 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. 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 Musæum, 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. 2nd edn, ‘With Notes and Additions by Thomas Dunham Whitaker’, Leeds, Robinson, Son and Holdsworth; Wakefield, John Hurst, 1816. Elephant folio, contemporary brown boards, worn, rebacked in blue cloth. (2), frontispiece portrait of the author, iv, xvi, xvii, vignette, 268, sub-title, 123, 159, 11, (1) pp, 10 plates, numerous genealogical tables. Some pages uncut (Manville 274). £250-300

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