Topography, Derby & Derbyshire – Cox (Revd. Dr. John Charles...

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Topography, Derby & Derbyshire – Cox (Revd. Dr. John Charles, FRHS), Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire 4 Vols., London, Bemrose & Son, Chesterfield, Palmer & Edmunds, 1875/1877/1879, illustrated with Heliotropes after photographs by Richard Keene of Derby (1825-1894) comprising Vol. I: Hundred of Scarsdale, xxv + 477; Vol. II: Hundreds of High Peak and Wirksworth, xxiii + 612; Vol. III: Hundreds of Appletree and Repton & Gresley. xiv + 556 and Vol. IV: Hundred of Morleston and Litchurch. xxiv + 570, vol. I with inscription ‘Edward Coke from Diana his wife, Xmas 1883’, 8vo, original bindings (4)

**Provenance: Library of Debdale Hall, Notts., seat of Col. Edward Thomas Coke DL JP (1807-1888) who in 1835 had married Diana, daughter of Revd. John Talbot of Ardfert Abbey, Co. Kerry who died in 1895. Derby book dealer and publisher, Frank Murray is believed to have purchased the library at Debdale (amongst many others) when the house was sold in 1920