Whitaker (Thomas Dunham): Ducatus Leodiensis; or, the Topography of the Ancient Town and Parish of Leedes ... , 2 vols., folio, second edition, Leeds and Wakefield, 1816 [Lowndes 2896], lge. paper copy, engraved frontispieces, title vignettes on India paper, mounted, 18 plates, one hand-coloured, one hand-coloured armorial plate comprising 45 coats-of-arms, 30 folding tables, each with a hand-coloured coat-of-arms (some serious damp-staining affecting frontispiece to C1 of vol. I), contemporary smooth calf, with centrally-placed diced calf armorial onlay on upper covers (upper cover of vol. I damp-stained); and six others on Northern towns. (8)

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Whitaker (Thomas Dunham): Ducatus Leodiensis; or, the Topography of the Ancient Town and Parish of Leedes ... , 2 vols., folio, second edition, Leeds and Wakefield, 1816 [Lowndes 2896], lge. paper copy, engraved frontispieces, title vignettes on India paper, mounted, 18 plates, one hand-coloured, one hand-coloured armorial plate comprising 45 coats-of-arms, 30 folding tables, each with a hand-coloured coat-of-arms (some serious damp-staining affecting frontispiece to C1 of vol. I), contemporary smooth calf, with centrally-placed diced calf armorial onlay on upper covers (upper cover of vol. I damp-stained); and six others on Northern towns. (8)

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This copy has 'Ducatus Leodiensis' bound as vol. II, with 'Loidis and Elmete' bound as vol. I contrary to the order in Lowndes.

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