THE ANTIQUITIES OF YORK CITY BY JAMES TORR 1719 FIRST EDITION, LEATHER BOUND
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[TORR, JAMES]. The Antiquities of York City and the Civil Government thereof: with a List of all the Mayors and Bayliffs, Lord Mayors and Sheriffs, from the Time of King Edward the First, to this Present Year 1719. Collected from Papers of Christopher Hildyard, Esq; with notes and Observations, and the Addition of Ancient Inscriptions, and Coates of Arms, from Gravestones and Church-Windows. York: Printed by G. White for F. Hildyard; and to be sold by W. Taylor in Paster-Noster-Row, and T. Ward in Inner Temple-Lane, London. Anno Dom, 1719.
First edition. Leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (19.5cm x 12cm x 2cm); pp. [8], 148, [4] appendix. Signatures: a⁴ A-T⁴. English text. Bound in contemporary full calf; initial and terminal blanks present; illustrated throughout; final two leaves contain the appendix. Condition: GOOD. Rebacked retaining the original boards. Rubbing to spine head with slight loss. Some light toning and spotting. Bookplate to front and rear pastedowns. Old inking to front endpaper. Scarce.