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Historical descriptions of new and elegant picturesque views of the antiquities of England and Wales : being a grand copper-plate repository... containing a new and ocmplete collection of superb views of ... ruins and ancient buildings ... bridges, cathedrals, churches ([p.[i]-Fountains Abbey, Y)
Boswell, Henry; Kitchin, Thomas (1718-1784); Conder, Thomas
[1786]
Except for the map of Yorkshire, which is T. Conder's map of 1784, the maps of the counties are by Thomas Kitchin and originally appeared in the London Magazine from 1747-1760. Their former imprints h...
Historical descriptions of new and elegant picturesque views of the antiquities of England and Wales : being a grand copper-plate repository... containing a new and ocmplete collection of superb views of ... ruins and ancient buildings ... bridges, cathedrals, churches ([Limerick Exchange-end])
Boswell, Henry; Kitchin, Thomas (1718-1784); Conder, Thomas
[1786]
Except for the map of Yorkshire, which is T. Conder's map of 1784, the maps of the counties are by Thomas Kitchin and originally appeared in the London Magazine from 1747-1760. Their former imprints h...
The beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county (v.9)
Britton, John (1771-1857); Brayley, E W (1773-1854); Nightingale, Joseph (1775-1824); Brewer, James Norris (fl. 1799-1829); Evans, John (fl. 1812); Hodgson, John antiquary (1779-1845); Laird, Francis Charles; Shoberl, Frederic (1775-1853); Bigland, John (1750-1832); Rees, Thomas (1777-1864)
1801-1816
Each volume has an additional title-page, engraved. "List of books &c." with each county. "In the earlier volumes [1-6] the letterpress seems to have been mainly Brayley's, while the general editi...
Hanes Cymru, a chenedl y Cymry, o'r cynoesoedd hyd at farwolaeth Llewelyn ap Gruffydd : ynghyd a rhai cofiaint perthynol i'r amseroedd o'r pryd hynny i waered
Price, Thomas (1787-1848)
1842
Appeared in fourteen parts, 1836-1842.
Iolo manuscripts : a selection of ancient Welsh manuscripts, in prose and verse, from the collection made by the late Edward Williams, Iolo Morganwg, for the purpose of forming a continuation of the Myfyrian archaiology, and subsequently proposed as materials for a new history of Wales
Iolo Morganwg (1747-1826); Williams, Taliesin Taliesin ab Iolo (1787-1847); Price, Thomas (1787-1848); Jones, Owen (1741-1814); Society for the Publication of Ancient Welsh Manuscripts
1848
Interrupted at p. 494 by the editor's illness and death, completed by the Rev. Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc). Published for the Welsh MSS. Society. Indexed in: NSTC,
Robson's commercial directory of London and the Western Counties, viz. Berks, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloster, Hereford, Somerset, Monmouth and South Wales, an alphabetical list of the names, residences, and professions of the commercial establishments in the above counties: a classification of trades to all market towns therein, with every information connected with the arrival and departure of mails and other coaches, posting houses, commerical inns, &c &c Accompanied by an historical and statistical display of the area in statute acres, the annual value therof, as assessed to the Property Tax in 1815; the annual income of the beneficed clergy, as returned to parliament in 1834; with a beautifully engraved map of each of the counties on which is delineated the new divisions or parochial unions, formed under the Poor Law Amendment Act of 3 & 4 William IV 1834. In two volumes - Vol. I containing London Directory (vol 2)
Robson, William A (1895-1980); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Jones, Louis
1840
Vol I contains London street key, London commercial directory, itineraries. Vol II Gloucestershire to Worcestershire, North Wales and South Wales [Bedford copy lacking many folding maps].
Robson's commercial directory of London and the Western Counties, viz. Berks, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloster, Hereford, Somerset, Monmouth and South Wales, an alphabetical list of the names, residences, and professions of the commercial establishments in the above counties: a classification of trades to all market towns therein, with every information connected with the arrival and departure of mails and other coaches, posting houses, commerical inns, &c &c Accompanied by an historical and statistical display of the area in statute acres, the annual value therof, as assessed to the Property Tax in 1815; the annual income of the beneficed clergy, as returned to parliament in 1834; with a beautifully engraved map of each of the counties on which is delineated the new divisions or parochial unions, formed under the Poor Law Amendment Act of 3 & 4 William IV 1834. In two volumes - Vol. I containing London Directory (vol 1)
Robson, William A (1895-1980); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Jones, Louis
1840
Vol I contains London street key, London commercial directory, itineraries. Vol II Gloucestershire to Worcestershire, North Wales and South Wales [Bedford copy lacking many folding maps].
Pigot and Co.'s national commercial directory for 1828-9 : comprising a directory and classification of the merchants, bankers, professional gentlemen, manufacturers and traders, in all the cities, towns, sea-ports, and principal villages in the following counties in England, viz.: Cheshire, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Durham, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Rutlandshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Westmoreland, Worcestershire, Yorkshire. And the whole of North Wales. With Historical and Topographical Delineations, Tables of the Distances of the Towns in every County, one from the other and each from London;. the whole embellished with a large map of England and sixteen elegant county maps
Pigot, James (1843); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Chambers, William (1809-1882)
[1828]
Manchester directory has 2 page additions 363*-364* inserted. No maps [in Bedford copy]
Pigot and Co.'s national commercial directory : comprising a directory and classification of the merchants, bankers, professional gentlemen, manufacturers and traders in all the cities, towns, sea-ports, and prinicipal villages in the following counties, viz., Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire, Monmouthshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Somersetshire, Suffolk, Wiltshire, and the whole of South Wales. With historical and topographical delineations, tables of the distances of the towns in every county, one from the other and each from London; the whole embellished with 18 elegant county maps
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Chambers, William (1809-1882); J. Pigot & Co
1830
Includes index. No maps [in Bedford Collection A039 copy]. Bedford Collection C420 comprises only Monmouthshire, pages 513-526. Second general survey 1821-1830.
Pigot and Co's national commercial directory : comprising a directory and classification of the merchants, bankers, professional gentlemen, manufacturers and traders... in the counties of Derby, Hereford, Leicester, Lincoln, Monmouth, Nottingham, Rutland, Salop, Stafford, Warwick, Worcester; and also of those in North and South Wales: with historical and descriptive sketches of each county, town & village
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Pigot and Company
1835
Includes advertisements at end of directory. Includes index. No maps [in Bedford Collection copy A041]. Maps issued separately as atlas.