Loidis and Elmete, or, An attempt to illustrate the districts described in those words by Bede; and supposed to embrace the lower portions of Aredale and Wharfdale, together with the entire vale of Calder, in the county of York / by Thomas Dunham Whitaker ...

Wood engraved t.p. vignette printed en chine collé.
Paging irregular: p. 73* and 74* inserted after p. 73 and 74 respectively, p. 327*-328* after p. 326; p. 85, 88 of the appendix numbered 88, 80 respectively.
The appendix (88 p.) was published in 1820.
"The 'Ducatus leodiensis' [by Ralph Thoresby] forms vol. I, the 'Loidis and Elmete' vol. II of what is commonly called the 'History of Leeds'."--Boyne.
Illustrated with 53 full page plates, chiefly engravings by J. Le Keux, J. Roffe, W. Holl, J. Scott, J. Smith, Charles Heath, H. Hobson, and others, most of them after designs by Thomas Taylor, with three etched vignettes and the plate "View of Gledhow" by G. Cooke and "Harewood House" by J. Scott after drawings by J.M.W. Turner; along with 17 letterpress genealogical tables and 27 wood engraved shields of arms and 52 decoraative initials within the text.
Includes index.