‎Wailly ( Philippe de ) Rollinat ( Christel )‎
‎Le Yorkshire‎

‎[ Lot de 2 livres et 6 numéros de revue sur le Yorkshire ] Le Yorkshire terrier [ On joint : ] Know your Yorkshire Terrier [ On joint : ] Club Français du Terrier du Yorkshire année 1977 n° 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 et bulletin spécial‎

‎[ Lot de 2 livres et 6 numéros de revue sur le Yorkshire ] Le Yorkshire terrier, 1 vol. in-8 cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, Collection Revue du Chien, Races de Chien, 1976, 139 pp. [ On joint : ] Know your Yorkshire Terrier, 1 vol. in-12 br., The Pet Library, 63 pp. [ On joint : ] Club Français du Terrier du Yorkshire année 1977 n° 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 et bulletin spécial‎

‎Bon ensemble. Prix du lot, non séparable‎

‎An Account of the Measurement of an Arc of the Meridian, extending from Dunnose, in the Isle of Wright, Latitude ....,to Clifton in Yorkshire, Latitude.., in the coursee of the Opertions carried on foor the Trigonometrical Survey of England, in the ye...‎

‎(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1803). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1803 - Part II. Pp. 383-508 and 8 engraved plates (3 folio size and folded, 1 map), depicting the apparatus for measuring.‎

‎First appearance of an importent paper, which contributed to the discussion of the dimension of the earth. William Mudge was appointed in 1791 to the ordnance trigonometrical survey, and became superintendent of the survey in 1798 and in that same year was also elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Shortly afterwards, he completed the first ever measurement of an arc of meridian stretching from Dunnose on the Isle of Wight to Clifton in Yorkshire. This was regarded as a very considerable advance in the scientific work of what had by then become the Ordnance Survey and contributed significantly to the international debate about the precise figure of the earth.‎

‎An Account of the Measurement of an Arc of the Meridian, extending from Dunnose, in the Isle of Wright, Latitude ....,to Clifton in Yorkshire, Latitude.., in the coursee of the Opertions carried on foor the Trigonometrical Survey of England, in the ye...‎

‎(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1803). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1803 - Part II. Pp. 383-508 and 8 engraved plates (3 folio size and folded, 1 map), depicting the apparatus for measuring. 4 plates with some marginal brownspots.‎

‎First appearance of an importent paper, which contributed to the discussion of the dimension of the earth. William Mudge was appointed in 1791 to the ordnance trigonometrical survey, and became superintendent of the survey in 1798 and in that same year was also elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Shortly afterwards, he completed the first ever measurement of an arc of meridian stretching from Dunnose on the Isle of Wight to Clifton in Yorkshire. This was regarded as a very considerable advance in the scientific work of what had by then become the Ordnance Survey and contributed significantly to the international debate about the precise figure of the earth.‎

‎Photography album containing 27 large original photographs of Yorkshire landscape made by William Marshall .‎

‎".: 8. North Yorkshire, photography album by William Marshall , s.d. (ca. 1938-1948), oblong format, 28 x 38 cm, imitation leather album with a metal ring binding, contains 1 portrait of the photographer and 27 photographs ( 19 x 24 cm) mounted on stiff black board. The photographs have written captions in white ink. Finely preserved photo album which can be dated from the sparse motorcars on some pictures ; early Forties of the last century. The black/white photographs depict village views and landscapes in North Yorkshire ; Burnsall , Red Lion at Burnsall , Appletreewick with the New Inn, Gayle and geese at Gayle , Simon's seat , Hubberholme , Hubberholme bridge , The George Inn , Dent church , Fountains Abbey , Jervaulx Abbey , Bainbridge, Gordale Scar , [...]. The album opens with a portrait of the photographer and a note explaining that his widow Marion donated the album to a friend. The photographs have apart from their documentary interest also a definite pictorial charm."‎

‎The religious houses of Yorkshire 1853 44,00 ? Lawton, George The religious houses of Yorkshire. London, Simpkin & Co 1853. - Brief historical notes on all the mediaeval monastic houses in Yorkshire and on their fate at the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The frontispiece illustrates the surviving guest house of St.Marys Abbey, York 8vo. VII & 134 pp., tinted litho frontispiece (cut), binding detached.‎