Peacock's polite repository, or, Pocket companion
Subtitle: containing an almanack, the births, marriages, &c of the sovereign princes of Europe : lists of both houses of Parliament, officers of state, navy and army, the baronets of England : and various other articles of useful information : ornamented with elegant engravings with ruled pages for occurrences, cash account, &c. : to be continued annually
Publisher: Published by Peacock, Mansfield & Son, Salisbury Square, Fleet Street
Published: 1855
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: Almanacs; English Almanacs; Registers; Officials and employees; Calendars; Description and travel; Pictorial works
Other titles: Polite repository; Pocket companion
Notes: William Peacock's Polite Repository was a "yearly almanac-cum-diary distinguished by its elegance and miniature scenic engravings"--"Humphry Repton, illustrator, and William Peacock's Polite repository 1790-1811", by Nigel Temple, in Garden history, volume 16, number 2, Autumn 1988, page 161.

Dated at head of the title: MDCCCLV.

Frontispiece: Egualada & Montserrat, in Catalonia, Spain; G.F. Sargent del., John Pye Sc.

Illustrations (vignettes) appear at the head of the verso of the monthly double spreads of the engraved calendar pages; captions on the prints Jan-Dec. give the name of the estate or site; illustrations at beginning and end of the calendar pages have no captions.

Some calendar vignettes signed G.F. Sargent del., J. Pye sculpt.

Library copy is paperback, all edges gilt, covered in pale blue silk attached to a red morocco leather case at by a silk ribbon; case has flap closure secured to front cover with a metal clasp, 2 expandable pockets, and a slot inside front flap for holding writing implement (lacking); interior of case is lined in blue silk; in gilt letters on front flap: Houghton, 162 New Bond St.