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FOLIO THREE VOLUMES IN A SLIP CASE. QUARTER CREAM CLOTH OVER BROWN BOARDS. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 417. VERY FINE COPIES. CONTAINS: A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO DOMESDAY BOOK pp x 179; THE LANCASHIRE DOMEDAY pp. viii 72; FOLIOS AND MAPS WITH 3 COLOUR MAPS IN THE POUCH. VERY HEAVY HENCE POSTAGE AT COST.
TAKEN FROM THE LIBRARY EDITION LIMITED TO 750 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 665. FOLIO THREE VOLUMES MINT IN GREEN CLOTH AND MATCHING BOX. CONTAINS: FACSIMILIE MAPS FOLIOS AND MAPS; 1988 4 COLOUR MAPS IN THE POUCH; INTRODUCTION AND TRANSLATION 1992; DOMESDAY BOOK OF STUDIES 1987 172 PAGES. THIS IS A MINT SET UNUSED AND VERY HEAVY HENCE POSTAGE AT COST.
SECOND EDITION WITH NOTES AND ADDITIONS BY WHITAKER. TWO VOLUMES LARGE FOLIO VERY ATTRACTIVELY BOUND IN HALF CALF OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS. WITH AMORIAL PLATE OF GEORGE BANKS MOTTO ‘SUIVEZ RAISON’ – (CLOTH MERCHANT OF LEEDS?). SOME FOXING TO THE PLATES AND A FEW PAGES WITH A TEAR TO THE FOOT OF THE PAGE IN VOL. 1 OTHERWISE A VERY CLEAN TIGHTLY BOUND AND ATTRACTIVE SET. PLEASE NOTE THESE BOOKS WEIGH 42 POUNDS (19 Kg.) AND POSTAGE WILL BE AT COST.
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THORESBY RALPH AND WHITAKER THOMAS
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LEEDS, PRINTED BY B DEWHIRST, FOR ROBINSON AND HOLDSWORTH, 1816
FIRST EDITION SMALL FOLIO TWO VOLUMES GILT ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH RE-SPINED USING ORIGINAL CLOTH LIST OF PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS WITH THE BLAZON OF THE SHIELDS OF ARMS. SOME WEAR TO CLOTH BUT A VERY GOOD SET. EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE THE UK.
GOOD COPY IN LEATHER – RUBBED ALL ROUND. FRONT BINDING AND SPINE HAVE COME AWAY FROM MAIN TEXT. WITH SEVENTY ILLUSTRATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ENGRAVED BY JOSEPH SWAIN 1ST 1866 WITH ALL FAULTS.
