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 3039642
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi,[8],624p.,plates . maps . 4to.. Subscriber's copy: "Stamford, Earl of, 2 copies" [i.e. George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (1737-1819)] in list of subscribers. Identified in 1768 catalogue (in later hand): M.2 (8 in later hand).. Binding: Late eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; blind and gilt roll border; gilt roll on board edges; blind roll on turn-ins; rebacked, with gold-tooled spine.
Makers and roles
John Aikin (1747 - 1822)