YORKSHIRE. The Regulations and Establishment of the Household of Henry Algernon Percy, the Fifth Earl of Northumberland, at His Castles of Wresill and Lekinfield in Yorkshire. Begun Anno Domini MDXII. London: [Privately printed:], 1770. Inscribed by the editor [Thomas Percy, Bishop of Bromore], 8vo (218 x 131mm.) Half-title, mounted newspaper clipping related to the book on half-title, 2pp. ‘Index’. (Toning.) Contemporary full crushed morocco, gilt borders, g.e. (rebacked, cloth tape reinforcement to hinges). Provenance: Joseph Aycoffer (ink inscribed to from the editor on half-title); Joseph Henry Straker (bookplate to front pastedown). Note: scarce. An interesting insight into the domestic life of the nobility in the early 16th century. Thomas Percy is better known for his book ‘Reliques of Ancient Poetry’ (1765), which laid the ground for the revival of the ballad form in English poetry of the Romantic period.