The history and antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham : comprising a condensed account of its natural, civil, and ecclesiastical history, from the earliest period to the present time : its boundaries, ancient parishes, and recently formed parochial districts and chapelries, and parliamentary and municipal divisions; its agriculture, mineral products, manufactures, shipping, docks, railways, and general commerce; its public buildings, churches, chapels, parochial registers, landed gentry, heraldic visitations, local biography, schools, charities, sanitary reports, population, &c., compiled from Parliamentary and official documents, private information, and other authentic sources
William Fordyce, Thomas Allom (Illustrator), A. Le Petit (Engraver), Samuel Lacey (Engraver)
History
13 pts. (2 v.) : ill., map, ports. ; 28 cm.
1323272148
Each part (1-7 called division) in the original illustrated pale pink or light green paper covers, as issued. Title pages and other preliminaries in pt. 13. Publisher's advertisements on p. [4] of covers, except for pt. 2
Title on covers of parts 1 and 3-13: A history of the County Palatine of Durham
Title on cover of pt. 2: Fordyce's history of the County Palatine of Durham
Vol. 1: vi, [9]-679, [6] p., [16] leaves of plates; v. 2: 793, [7] p., [17] leaves of plates
Illustrations: 33 prints : etching, engraving ; full-page. By T. Allom and others, engraved by Le Petit, S. Lacey and others
Includes indexes
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