The History of Mansfield and it's Environs, in Two Parts: I. Antiquities including An accurate Description of Two Roman Villas, near Mansfield Woodhouse, Discovered by H. Rooke, Esq. In the Year 1786; With an Account of some late Discoveries, never before printed: II. The Present State. HARROD (William) ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY

First edition, small 4to (206 x 162 mm), [2], iv, 64, 53, [3]pp., engraved frontispiece, 17 engraved plates (of which 2 are double-page, 3 folding and 2 coloured), one plate showing slight signs of damp stains to blank margins, marbled endpapers, nineteenth-century crushed morocco, marbled boards, a nice copy. An extremely rare topographical work. Provenance: Armorial bookplates of Joseph Whitaker (1850-1932) English naturalist who lived for most of his life at Rainworth, in Nottinghamshire and Frederick Arthur Wadsworth (1871-1943) Solicitor of Nottingham, historian, antiquarian, Thoroton Society librarian. Dobbin, 227; Brook, 6214; Upcott II, pp.1067-8.