The antiquities of Nottinghamshire, . extracted out of records, original evidences, leiger-books other manuscripts, and authentic authorities. Beautified with maps, prospects, and portraitures. By Robert Thoroton, [...].
Robert Thoroton
Category
Books
Date
1790
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048751
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v.,[104] plates (8 folding) . ill.. 30 . 4to.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: [no shelf ref., entered in a later hand]. Imperfect: vols. 2 and 3 wanting letterpress title pages.. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings, surmounted by a baron's coronet [i.e.: George Harry Grey, 6th earl of Stamford (1765-1845), prior to assumption of earldom in 1819].. Binding: Polished calf; gilt rolled; spines gilt; spines lettered in gilt directly onto leather: 'Thoroton's history of Nottinghamshire'; edges marbled; boards detached.
Makers and roles
Robert Thoroton