First edition. 8vo. [ii], 648, [2], 70. Plate of the executioner s scaffold present to page 426. List of the Parish officers of Halifax written out in contemporary manuscript to verso of title page. Recent good quality quarter calf, marbled boards, raised bands, and contrasting label. Evenly browned, occasional markings, but a good attractive example overall. There are several printings of this work; this is that without the date on the first title page (here added in manuscript), but with the date 1789 on the second title page. ESTC T33120.