Bisset's grand national directory, or Literary & commercial iconography, : respectfully dedicated to His Royal Highness George Prince of  Wales..
Bisset, J.(James),1762?-1832.
Knight, Richard,Professor,former owner.StEdNL
[Birmingham] : Publish'd by J Bisset, Museum Birmingham,
May 1st. 1800..
Engraved title page and contents.
The directory cover around thirty towns including Leeds, Warwick, Dundee, Glasgow, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Manchester, Coventry, Arbroath and Lichfield.
James Bisset (1762?-1832) was a Scot. At the age of fifteen he became an artist's apprentice in Birmingham, and later established a museum and shop for the sale of curiosities in New Street, Birmingham.
From the collection of Professsor Richard Knight, Edgbaston.
Original full straight grain red morocco, bound for presentation; faint gilt decoration to sides, spine gilt.
England Birmingham.