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Proposals for publishing by subscription, in one large volume 4to, Price 1l. 11s. 6d. in boards, or to non-subscribers 2... illustrated with a large two sheet map of the country thirty miles round Manche[ster] on which will be accurately laid down all the noblemen's and gentlemen's s.. parks, towns, villages, public buildings, manufactories; old and new tur... and cross roads, made or making : Rivers, lakes, bridges, and canals, n... making, or in agitation; and embellished with several other copper plates, of v... of towns, romantic scenes, new and and ancient buildings, &c. taken on the sp... E. Dayes, and five separate maps of the counties of Cheshire, Lancash[ire] Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Yorkshire, a description of the country from thirty to forth miles round Mancheste[r] containing I. A full account of its geography, both civil and natural, and of its prin... productions. II. Accounts of its towns and chief villages; their history, population, com... and manufactures. III. Remains of antiquity, notices of distinguished families and persons, and miscellaneous objects curious and interesting. The matherials to be arranged, and the work composed, By. J. Aikin, M.D.
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- Author/Creator:
- Aikin, John, 1747-1822.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Standardized Title:
- Description of the country from thirty to forty miles round Manchester. Prospectus
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book proposals--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Book proposals.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Prospectuses.
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages ; 1/4⁰
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1793.
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- The work was published in 1795.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T171350.
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- Restricted for use by site license.
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