A topographical history of Staffordshire : including its agriculture, mines, and manufacturers. Memoirs of eminent natives; statistical tablkes; and every species of information connected with the local history of the county. With a succinct account of the rise and progress of the Staffordshire potteries. /
William Pitt (1749-1823)
Category
Books
Date
1817
Materials
Place of origin
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3175550
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxvi, 450, [20], 319, [17] p. : figs. ; 21cm. Former shelfmark: F4A b 6. Provenance: Inscribed in pencil on upper pastedown: "Lovell" [perhaps Mr. George Lovell, King's Sutton, Northamptonshire, mentioned in the list of subscribers]. Also on upper pastedown: Nineteenth-century small armorial bookplate, lettered "Calke Abbey Library" [? associated with John Harpur Crewe, 9th Baronet (1824-86)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half black morocco over marbled paper boards, recessed cords, cloth endbands. Lettered direct in gilt on spine: "Pitt's History of Staffordshire". Edges sprinkled brown. Upper board loose.
Makers and roles
William Pitt (1749-1823)