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 and ruled pages for occurrences, cash account, &c. &c. : to be continued annually
Publisher: Printed for W. Peacock and Sons, Salisbury Square, Fleet Street
Published: 1810
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
Subjects: Almanacs; English Almanacs; Calendars; Registers; Officials and employees; Description and travel
Other titles: Polite repository; Pocket companion; Polite repository, or Pocket companion for 1810; Entrance of Woodchester Park, Lord Ducie.
Notes: Dated at head of the title: MDCCCX.

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.

Frontispiece: The entrance of Woodchester Park, Lord Ducie; drawn by H. Repton, Esq., engraved by W. Hawkins.

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.

Lib. copy is paperback, all edges gilt, in a decorative cardboard slipcase with thumb cutouts.