Printed And Sold by W. Farrer: Ripon 1806
With Frontispiece/Plate + Numerous Engravings Within Text
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The History of Ripon is a detailed and highly informative local history that captures the architectural, social, and natural heritage of one of Yorkshire's most historic cathedral cities. Written in the late Georgian period, the work combines topographical description with antiquarian research, offering accounts of Ripon's civic institutions, notable buildings, and historical figures. Particular attention is given to Ripon Minster, whose engravings and descriptive passages reflect contemporary pride in its Gothic grandeur and long ecclesiastical significance.
Beyond the town itself, the book extends its scope to the surrounding landscape, with descriptive sections on Studley Royal, Fountains' Abbey, Newby, Hackfall, and other celebrated sites of historical and aesthetic interest. These passages blend architectural observation with early tourism and picturesque sensibility, documenting estates and ruins that were already becoming destinations for travellers and antiquaries. The inclusion of an analysis of Aldfield Spaw further situates the work within the period's interest in mineral waters and health resorts, adding a scientific and social dimension to the narrative.
Printed in Ripon in 1806 by W. Farrer, this is the second edition, enlarged and issued with engravings, including a frontispiece and numerous illustrations within the text. The volume is further distinguished by its appended lists of rarer indigenous plants found in the neighbourhood, reflecting early botanical study and local natural history. Combining topography, architecture, antiquities, and botany in a single work, this handsome provincial imprint would particularly appeal to collectors of Yorkshire history, early English topographical books, and readers with an interest in Georgian-era antiquarian scholarship and landscape studies."
General wear and fading to covers and lacks outer spine as shown. Pages clean and well presented with age toning to frontis. No inscriptions. No loose pages. A nice copy in good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.
