Beschreibung:

The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, in the County of York, 2nd edition, 1812, engraved portrait frontispiece, tinted etched title page, engraved folding map, fifty engraved plates (including twenty-four sepia aquatints, most after Alken, and one hand-coloured plate), numerous folding pedigrees, offsetting from plates, spotting generally restricted to two sections (Ii and 3G), three or four leaves with short closed tears to blank margins, new endpapers, contemporary half calf, rebacked, marbled sides a little rubbed, large 4to, together with Hinderwell (Thomas) , The History and Antiquities of Scarborough and the Vicinity: with Views and Plans, 1st edition, York: William Blanchard, 1798, engraved frontispiece and three other plates, two folding maps, subscribers list, three additional uncalled for plates, including a double-page panorama of Scarborough dated 1869, and two rare portraits of 'Dicky' Dickinson, Governor of the Spaw (inserted between pp.174-175), scattered spotting, offsetting from plates and maps, embossed library stamps to title, panorama and to blank margins of Dickinson portraits, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, front pastedown with early ink annotation and armorial bookplate of James Comerford, original boards rebacked and recovered (original endpapers reused), 4to in 2s, plus Poulson (George) , The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness..., two volumes, Hull, 1840, engraved maps and plates, occasional spotting, mainly to first and last leaves, marbled endpapers, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of William Garnett Esq. of Bleasdale and Quernmore Park, Co. Lancaster, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed and a trifle worn, plus The History of Cleveland, by Rev. John Graves, 1808, and The History of the Town and County of Kingston Upon Hull, by Rev. John Tickell, 1796 Second title: James Comerford (1807-1881) was an antiquary, notary, and book collector. After his death his large library, particularly rich in topography, was sold at Sotheby's in 1881. The family motto on his heraldic bookplate, 'So ho ho dea ne', defies translation but may derive from an old Norman-French hunting call. (6)