THE DIARY OF RALPH THORESBY, F.R.S. Author of the Topography of Leeds. (1677-1724.) [2 volume set, complete]

Thoresby, Ralph

Verlag: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, London, 1830

Beschreibung

8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. 2 volume set, complete. A Good set. 8vo., [Vol.1] xvi, 471; [Vol.2] 442 pp., with portrait frontispiece. Bound in period half leather with English bubble marbled paper over boards. Handsome book plates. Text block edges speckled. The front board of volume 1 is detached. Moderate rubbing to the joints, tips, and crown of the spines, volume 1's crown with a small tear along the joint, and the upper portion of the spine lifting off the spine. Internally clean and bright. Not as bad as it sounds. A Good set. *** Antiquarian and the first Historian of the City of Leeds, Ralph Thoresby was also a fellow of the Royal Society and ran and expanded a Museum in Leeds started by his father. *** Our inv. #'s 5277 and 5278 matching sets of Thoresby titles, with identical leather and marbling, and the same owner's book plates. ***.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 005277

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: THE DIARY OF RALPH THORESBY, F.R.S. Author of the Topography of Leeds. (1677-1724.) [2 volume set, complete]
• Verlag: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1830
• Einband: Leather
• Auflage: 1st Edition.
• Zustand: Good+