Author: Thoresby, Ralph.
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.
Description: London: Printed for Maurice Atkins, and Sold by Edward Nutt, 1715- 1713. 0. Hardcover. Folio. xxii, 1-268, [ii], 275-628, [xii]pp. []1, A2, a2-d2, e1, A2, B1, C2-Z2, Aa2- Zz2, Aaa2-Yyy2, 4A2-4Z2, 5A2-5Z2, 6A2-6Z2, 7A2-7Z2. Two parts in one. First edition. Contemporary Cambridge panel binding, top of spine repaired. Engraved portrait of Thoresby by Vertue; folding engraved map of Leeds; five double-page and six single-page engraved plates; numerous smaller engraved coats-of-arms throughout the first part. Upcott 1381. From the library of R.A. Worsop, with his armorial bookplate, of Howden Hall, in Howden in York. Verso of frontispiece repaired at upper margin, not affecting image on recto. Leaf bearing pages xxi-xxii tipped in poorly. Good.

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