A concise history of Birmingham, containing an account of its ancient state, and the latest improvements: together with a statement of the arrival and departure of the mails, stage coaches, waggons, &c. &c. The whole forming a complete guide to the inhabitant and stranger

[BIRMINGHAM]

Verlag: Printed by and for R. Jabet.and J. P. Lucas, Birmingham, 1808

Beschreibung

xviii, 78pp. With an engraved folding map bound as frontispiece, and three engraved plates. Original publisher's printed paper boards, later rebacked in grey cloth. Rubbed, with some surface loss, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, ink ownership inscriptions to FEP of 'John Turner' and 'H. R. Brownwich / 1886', else internally clean and crisp. An early nineteenth-century abridgement of William Hutton's (1723-1815) History of Birmingham (1782) providing a succinct account of the city's manufactories, religious structures, and municipal buildings; including an engraved plate depicting the statue of Lord Nelson intended to be positioned in Market Place (eventually erected in 1810). Size: 8vo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AQ14294

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A concise history of Birmingham, containing ...

Verlag: Printed by and for R. Jabet.and J. P. Lucas, Birmingham

Erscheinungsdatum: 1808

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: Fourth edition.