Author: Throsby, John
Title: Throsby's memoirs of the town and county of Leicester, Volumes I, II, III, IV, V and VI in 3 books.
Description: Leicester: S. Crowder & J. Gregory, for the Author, 1777. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 3, small format, clean hardbacks tightly rebound in brown half leather over marbled boards, gilt titles on red & green leather labels, 4 raised bands with gilt decoration, new endpapers, 5¾" x 4". Vol I viii + 176 pages + Vol II iv + 180 pages, illustrations on plates, foldout map. Vol III: Ex university library, one stamp and number in pen on title page verso, number repeated on last page of Vol IV. 176 pages, illustrations in the text, foldout picture of Leicester Abbey. Vol IV: 166 pages. Vol V: Ex university library, one stamp and number in pen on title page verso, number repeated on last page of Vol VI. 176 pages, illustrations on plates. Vol VI 138 pages + index + subscribers list, illustrations on plates. Good.

Keywords: Leicester Local History Leicestershire Ashby De La Zouch Cardinal Wolsey


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