The Royal repository, or, Polite pocket diary
Subtitle: containing an almanack : the sovereigns of Europe, peers of Great Britain & Ireland : members of the British Senate, state, naval & military officers, baronets of England, royal navy : a variety of other essential informaton : embellished with a beautiful frontispiece & other elegant engravings. : to be continued annually
Publisher: Printed for J. Evance, Queen Street, Cheapside, and W. Richardson, under the Royal Exchange; Sold by all booksellers, stationers, &c.
Published: 1795
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 84
Subjects: Almanacs; Early works to 1800; English Almanacs; Registers; Officials and employees; Calendars; Description and travel; Directories; Pictorial works
Other titles: Royal repository; Polite pocket diary; Royal repository - engraved - 1795
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.

At head of title page: MDCCXCV.

llustrations (vignettes) appear at the head of the verso of the monthly double spreads of the engraved calendar pages; illustrations also on the "repository" pages preceding and after the calendar pages; "cash account" pages follow end "repository" pages; illustrations do not have captions or delineator/engraver name.

Frontispiece: View of the river Tamar, in Cornwall.

Lib. copy has salmon-colored paper wrappers, all edges gilt; in quarter-leather slip case with gilt lettering on spine.