A description of the country from thirty to forty miles round Manchester : containing its geography, natural and civil; principal productions; river and canal navigations; a particular account or its towns and chief villages; their history, population, commerce, and manufactures; buildings, government, &c. / The materials arranged, and the work composed by J. Aikin, M.D. embellished and illustrated with seventry-three plates.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for John Stockdale, [1795]
Physical Description:
[2], xvi, [8], 624 pages, [62] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : illustrations, maps, plans, portraits ; 31 cm.
Lancashire (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Lancashire (England) -- History -- Early works to 1800. | Cheshire (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Derbyshire (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Yorkshire (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Staffordshire (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | England -- Description and travel. | England -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Stockdale, John -- Publisher. | Pauncefort-Duncombe, of Brickhill Manor -- Bookplate. | Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 -- Bookplate. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1795.
Form/Genre:
Subscription lists (Publishing) -- England -- 18th century
Contributors:
Astley, John, 1724-1787, ill. | Dayes, Edward, 1763-1804, ill. | Swertner, Johannes, 1746-1813, ill. | Bromley, William, 1769-1842, engraver. | Eastgate, John, engraver. | Ellis, William, 1747-1810, engraver. | Milton, Thomas, 1743?-1827, engraver. | Murray, engraver. | Mutlow, H., engraver. | Newman, R., engraver. | Pollard, Robert, 1755-1838, engraver. | Record, John, active 1768-1780, engraver. | Rothwell, Thomas, 1740-1807, engraver. | Sansom, Francis, active 1784-1799, engraver. | Shirt, Edward, engraver. | Sparrow, Samuel, engraver. | Storer, James, 1771-1853, engraver. | Wilson, William Charles, b. ca. 1750, engraver.