VICARIA LEODIENSIS: OR THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF LEEDES IN YORKSHIRE 1724

[THORESBY, Ralph (1658-1725)]. Vicaria Leodiensis: or, the history of the church of Leedes in Yorkshire. Containing an account of the learned men, bishops, and writers, who have been vicars of that populous parish; with the Catalogues of their Works, Printed and Manuscript. To which are added, The Lives of several Archbishops of York, and other eminent Persons, Benefactors to that Church; with many other Things interspers’d, relating to the City and County of York. And Archbishop Thoresby’s memorable Exposition of the Decalogue, Creed, and Lord’s Prayer. With an appendix of original records, and manuscripts. London: printed for Joseph Smith, from Exeter-Change, near the Fountain-Tavern in the Strand, 1724.

First edition. Leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (19.5cm x 12.5cm x 2.5cm); pp. [20], 248. English text. Bound in contemporary full calf; with a folding plate depicting the south prospect of St Peters Church at Leeds; head- and tail-pieces; decorative capitals; rear index. Condition: FAIR to GOOD. Rebacked retaining the original boards. Light rubbing to covers. Replacement endpapers. Lacking the 2 folding engraved maps and one folding engraved view. Interior generally well-preserved. Scarce.