Pigot & Co.'s New Commercial Directory of Scotland for 1825-6: Containing Comprehensive and Accurate Directories of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Every Other Town, Sea-Port & Village in the Kingdom.Together with the Most Extensive Directorry of London.

Verlag: J. Pigot and Co., London, 1825

Beschreibung

1825. First edition. [ix], pp. 7 to 705; iii-vi; 372pp.; 248pp; xiii, vi and a partly coloured map of the Isle of Man. We believe that there should also be maps of England and Scotland and a Plan of London, but these are not present. Pigot's Directory was a major British directory started in 1814 by James Pigot. The Directories covered England, Scotland, and Wales in the period before official Civil Registration began and are a valuable source of information regarding all major professions, nobility, gentry, clergy, trades and occupations including taverns and public houses and much more are listed. There are also timetables of the coaches and carriers that served a town. Parishes are listed for each area with useful information including the number of inhabitants, a geographical description and the main trades and industries of the area or town. This Directory not only covers Scotland and London, together with a list of the merchants, manufacturers, and principal traders of Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, and Sheffield. The volume ends with a Directory and Guide to the Isle of Man. The book is bound in contemporary full leather boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with some expected scuffing and staining to the leather on the boards. There is a small bit of damage to the leather on the tips of the top corners and there is damage with a little loss to the leather on the top 1/4" of the spine. The front spine edge has an unusual repair using some type of thin material (Japanese paper?), either to reinforce or reattach the front board. The contents are tight and clean with some scattered foxing. The foxing is mostly light although pages 672 to 679 and a few others are more heavily affected. A name, place and date (1825) has been written on the back of the front free endpaper. PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy book and extra postage will be required for delivery outside the UK. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers gVIScot15

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Pigot & Co.'s New Commercial Directory of ...

Verlag: J. Pigot and Co., London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1825

Einband: Full Leather Hardback

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition