Ducatus Leodiensis: . or, The topography of the ancient and popular 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. By Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S. 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 printing. With an account of some unusual accidents that have attended some persons, attempted after the method of Dr. Plot.
Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Category
Books
Date
1816
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3078014
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],iv-xvi,[1],xvii,[1],261,[2],123,[1],159,[1],[11],[1]p. , [27] plates . ill.. . fol.. Provenance: Seal armorial bookplate; untrimmed, gothic lettering: Charles Winn Nostell Library. Not in Franks or Viner. [i.e.: Charles Winn (1795-1874)].. Binding: half purple morocco; marbled paper over boards; spine lettered in gilt directly onto leather: 'Thoresby's Leeds II Whitaker' [incorrectly lettered as vol. II of 'The history of Leeds' (see 500 note)].
Makers and roles
Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725) Thomas Dunham Whitaker (1759 - 1821)