first edition
1741 · York
by Gent, Thomas
York: printed and sold by the author, 1741. First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo in 6s; pp. [4], xvi, [2], 268; [4], 269-376, [2], 22, [8] (A Comprehensive Dissertation on the Ancient and present State of Pontefract, in Yorkshire), 23-70 (appendix), xxxviii (i.e. xl - index); numerous woodcuts throughout; bound without the subscriber's list, but still a very nice copy in recent full paneled calf antique, red morocco labels on gilt-paneled spines. Volume II has the title: Historia compendiosa Romana; or A comprehensive history of Rome. And the appendix in volume II has a separate title page dated 1739.
(Inventory #: 35897)