The Derbyshire Minersí Glossary; or, An explanation of the technical terms of the miners, which are used in the King's Field, in the hundred of High Peak, in the County of Derby, and in the open customary lordships within the same; of those also within the Soc or Wapentake of Wirksworth or Low Peak. together with the mineral laws and customs. To which is subjoined, an appendix, containing the customaries or bye-laws, made and confirmed at the barmote courts, held within the manors of High and Low Peak.

First edition, royal 8vo (256 x 160 mm), iv, [12], 131, [1]pp., with a list of subscribers, one of 100 large paper copies printed on ësuperfine royal paperí, woodcut frontispiece, contemporary printed boards, some light peeling of paper, spine chipped, uncut. Loosely inserted are: 1. The printers single sheet prospectus for The Derbyshire Minerís Glossary. with a printed sample sheet from the said work. 2. A prospectus for an unpublished work by James Mander A Mineral Dictionary. A manuscript note to the front endpaper reads: ìOf this work 100 copies were printed upon large paper, at 12/- each, and all subscribed for, 200 copies on small paper, of which upwards of 180 were subscribed for at 7/- each. The cost of printing, and publishing was £48ñ0-0; the profit to Mr. Mander from £70 to £80. The engraved frontispiece was done from a beautiful and elaborate drawing from the original, made, and presented to Mr. Mander by the Revd. Backe Thornhill, Perpetual curate of Winster; the engraving is by Jewitt of Duffield for which, including paper, sticking off, &c. be received £6-0-0. I purchased the wood-cuts from Mr. M. in April 1824, for 30/-. W.B.î In the list of subscribers a William Bateman of Middleton by Youlgreace subscribed to a large paper copy and is the most likely candidate to have penned this note, he has also made several corrections to the text. Provenance: William Bateman? of Middleton by Youlgreace (subscriber); armorial bookplate of John Gretton, Stapleford.