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Proposals for printing by subscription. The history of the county of Somerset : Collected from authentic records, and an actual survey. Containing, I. A general view of the ancient and present state of the county. II. History of the cities of Bath and Wells. III. Historical and topographical account of every town, village, hamlet, and tithing, in each hundred; shewing their etymology, situation, natural history, antiquities, state of agriculture, commerce, manufactures, civil police, markets, fairs, charities, privileges, customs and manners, memorable occurrences, and lives of eminent persons. IV. Descent of manors, &c. from the norman conquest to the present time, with an accurate transcript of domesday-book so far as it relates to this county, and a translation of it in English. V. Ecclesiastical history; including a particular account of the bishoprick of Bath and Wells, with the succession of its bishops and deans; -the origin, progress, flourishing state, and dissolution, of the religious houses; -an account of all the livings, present patrons and incumbents. -Description of all, and accurate engravings of the principal churches, with copies of monumental inscriptions. The historical and ecclesiastical part by the Reverend John Collinson, F.A.S. The topographical, and natural history, by Mr. Edmund Rack, secretary to the agriculture and philosophical societies at bath, and honorary member of the society for promoting natural history in London.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online II (ECCO) Available online
Eighteenth Century Collections Online II (ECCO)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Collinson, John, 1756 or 7-1793.
- Standardized Title:
- History and antiquities of the county of Somerset. Prospectus
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book proposals--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- Prospectuses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (3,[1]p. )
- Other Title:
- Proposals for printing by subscription. The history of the county of Somerset
- Place of Publication:
- [Bath : s.n., 1784]
- Notes:
- Dated at head of title: Bath, October 1784.
- The work was published in 1792 as 'The history and antiquities of the county of Somerset' by John Collinson, Edmund Rack having died in 1787.
- Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T232285.
- OCLC:
- 510803764
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