A description of the country from thirty to forty miles round Manchester; . ... The materials arranged, and the work composed by J. Aikin, M.D. Embellished and illustrated with seventy-three plates.
John Aikin (1747 - 1822)
Category
Books
Date
1795
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3039641
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi,[8],624p.,plates . maps . 4to.. Indentified in 1768 catalogue: M.2 (entered in a later hand). The subscribers' list contains: 'Stamford, Earl of, 2 copies' [i.e.: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford, 1st earl of Warrington (2nd. cr.) (1737-1819)].. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819). manuscript annotations in the hand of George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford, 1st earl of Warrington (2nd. cr.) (1737-1819).. Binding: Calf; single gilt ruled; modern reback
Makers and roles
John Aikin (1747 - 1822)