A poetic survey round Birmingham; with a brief description of the different curiosities and manufactories of the place. Intended as a guide to strangers. By J. Bisset, ... Accompanied by a magnificent directory; with the names, professions, &c. superbly engraved in emblematic plates.
Bisset, J.(James),1762?-1832.
[Birmingham] : Printed for the author; by Swinney and Hawkins, Birmingham. Sold by T. Heptinstall, London, Swinney and Hawkins, Birmingham, and all other booksellers,
[1800]
With an index and a final leaf containing Bisset's account of the genesis of the directory.
'A magnificent directory' has a separate titlepage and includes plates numbered A-X, 1-3.
Half-title: 'Bisset's Poetic survey round Birmingham', with the information that copies with proof plates or coloured copies or copies printed in colour could be purchased.
The preface is dated at end: Museum, Birmingham, Jan. 1, 1800.
ESTC
Goldsmiths' 17827
England London.
Also reproduced on microfilm. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, Inc., 1986. The Eighteenth Century ; reel 3595, no. 02.
Also reproduced on microfilm. New Haven, CT: Research Publications, Inc., 1976. Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature ; reel 1651, no. 17827.