In the press, and in a short time will be published, neatly printed on foolscap folio, embellished with numerous engravings on wood, fragments of the history of the County of Lancaster
Subtitle: dedicated, by permission, to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent
Publisher: Matthew Gregson?
Published: 1816
Place of publication: Liverpool and London?
Language: eng
Subjects: History; Genealogy; Cadell & Davies; Nichols, Son, and Bentley; Allen and Co Lackington; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Notes: Caption title.

Signed, page 2: Matthew Gregson.

"Considerable progress is made in printing, and the following subjects are already engraved ...," at foot of page 4, is dated "St. Anne Street, Liverpool, July 20th, 1816".

Portfolio of fragments relative to the history and antiquities of the county palatine and duchy of Lancaster, by Matthew Gregson, was published [by the author?], and printed in Liverpool by G.F. Harris's Widow and Brothers, in 1817.

"Subscriptions received by the author; by the booksellers in Liverpool, and in the counties of Lancaster, Chester, and York: in London, by Messrs. Cadell and Davies; Messrs. Nichols, Son, and Bentley; Messrs. Lackington, Allen, and Co.; and Messrs. Longmann, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown."-- page 2.

"List of subscribers," pages 2-4.

Each v. has armorial bookplate, and coat of arms on inserted leaf, of Sheffield Grace Esq. L.L.D, S.S.A.

Clipped from an unidentified publication; bound as no. in v.5 of a 7-volume set of early 19th-century publisher's catalogs and prospectuses with binder's title "Bibliographical notices".

Each v. bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards.