A poetic survey round Birmingham with a brief description of the different curiosities and manufactories of the place. Intended as a guide to strangers. By J. Bisset, author of the Orphan Boy, the flights of fancy, &c. Accompanied by a magnificent directory; with the names, professions, &c. superbly engraved in emblematic plates
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Birmingham]
Printed for the author; by Swinney and Hawkins, High-Street, Birmingham. Sold by T. Heptinstall, Holborn, London, Swinney and Hawkins, Birmingham, and all other booksellers
1800, [1800]
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | 'A magnificent directory' has a separate titlepage and includes plates numbered A-X, 1-3. - English Short Title Catalog, T143270. - Goldsmiths', 17827. - Half-title: 'Bisset's Poetic survey round Birmingham', with the information that copies with proof plates or coloured copies or copies printed in colour could be purchased. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - The preface is dated at end: Museum, Birmingham, Jan. 1, 1800. - With an index and a final leaf containing Bisset's account of the genesis of the directory |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (62,[2]p.,plates) map 8° |