Quarto volume. Pages 23 x 18 cms. Bound in full dark blue cloth. Contains Palmer's bookplate and pencilled letter 'H' on fly-leaf.
Collection of pedigrees, with an index. Title-page: "A Collection of Ancient Pedigrees from the greatest part of which, the family of Dent, of Piersebridge, in the County Palatine of Durham, is collatterly descended. Collected from various sources of authentic information, by John Palmer, arch[itech]t in 1842". Palmer's own family pedigrees are included. Many of the pedigrees have been copied from printed sources, e.g. publications of the Surtees Society.