Authentic records of the guild merchant of Preston, in the county palatine of Lancaster, in the year 1822;. with an introduction, containing an historical dissertation on the origin of guilds; and a relation of all the different celebrations of the guilda mercatoria, of Preston, of which any records remain. Carefully compiled and arranged, as a work of reference and authority, by I. Wilcockson. embellished with a portrait of N. Grimshaw, Esq., Guild Mayor, in 1802 and 1822; and a print of the procession of the trades.
Isaac Wilcockson
Category
Books
Date
1822
Materials
Place of origin
Preston
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3219198
Summary
Bibliographic description
iv,[1],10-128,[2]p., [2] plates, 1 folding ;. 8vo., 217mm x 140mm. Former shelfmarks: CL.Chest; PAM/19/5. Provenance: MS on front cover: Ld. S. [i.e.: George Harry Grey, 6th Earl of Stamford (1765-1845)] . Binding: Nineteenth-century full pink printed paper wrappers; stab-stitched as issued.
Makers and roles
Isaac Wilcockson