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TWELVE VOLUMES COMPLETE. BOUND IN HALF VELLUM OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS TEG BLACK LABELS TO THE SPINES GILT. THE EARLIEST AND MOST ACCURATE HISTORY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MANCHESTER AND THE LIFE OF ITS PEOPLE. TAKEN DIRECT FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT MANUSCRIPTS WHICH WERE DONATED BY SIR OSWALD MOSELY THE LORD OF THE MANOR. THEY COVER THE PERIOD 1552 TO 1846 EXCEPT FOR 1687 TO 1731 AS THIS VOLUME WAS MISSING. EDITED WITH CONSIDERABLE EXPANATORY NOTES BY J P EARWAKER. SOME GRUBINESS TO THE VELLUM AND A FEW WORN LABELS BUT A VERY GOOD SET OF THIS COMPLETE SCARCE WORK.