Item #24081 The History of Derby; from the Remote Ages of Antiquity, to the Year MDCCXCI. Describing Its Situation, Air, Soil, Water, Streets, Buildings, and Government. With the Illustrious Families Which Have Inherited Its Honours. Also, the Ecclesiastical History, the Trade, Amusements, Remarkable Occurrences, the Eminent Men, with the Adjacent Seats of the Gentry. Illustrated with Plates. William Hutton.
The History of Derby; from the Remote Ages of Antiquity, to the Year MDCCXCI. Describing Its Situation, Air, Soil, Water, Streets, Buildings, and Government. With the Illustrious Families Which Have Inherited Its Honours. Also, the Ecclesiastical History, the Trade, Amusements, Remarkable Occurrences, the Eminent Men, with the Adjacent Seats of the Gentry. Illustrated with Plates.
The History of Derby; from the Remote Ages of Antiquity, to the Year MDCCXCI. Describing Its Situation, Air, Soil, Water, Streets, Buildings, and Government. With the Illustrious Families Which Have Inherited Its Honours. Also, the Ecclesiastical History, the Trade, Amusements, Remarkable Occurrences, the Eminent Men, with the Adjacent Seats of the Gentry. Illustrated with Plates.
The History of Derby; from the Remote Ages of Antiquity, to the Year MDCCXCI. Describing Its Situation, Air, Soil, Water, Streets, Buildings, and Government. With the Illustrious Families Which Have Inherited Its Honours. Also, the Ecclesiastical History, the Trade, Amusements, Remarkable Occurrences, the Eminent Men, with the Adjacent Seats of the Gentry. Illustrated with Plates.
The History of Derby; from the Remote Ages of Antiquity, to the Year MDCCXCI. Describing Its Situation, Air, Soil, Water, Streets, Buildings, and Government. With the Illustrious Families Which Have Inherited Its Honours. Also, the Ecclesiastical History, the Trade, Amusements, Remarkable Occurrences, the Eminent Men, with the Adjacent Seats of the Gentry. Illustrated with Plates.

The History of Derby; from the Remote Ages of Antiquity, to the Year MDCCXCI. Describing Its Situation, Air, Soil, Water, Streets, Buildings, and Government. With the Illustrious Families Which Have Inherited Its Honours. Also, the Ecclesiastical History, the Trade, Amusements, Remarkable Occurrences, the Eminent Men, with the Adjacent Seats of the Gentry. Illustrated with Plates.

London: Printed by J. Nichols, 1791. First Edition. Hardcover. Item #24081

xiii, [3], 320pp. Modern green cloth, black morocco label lettered in gold on the spine. Includes a large foldout plan of Derby and seventeen plates engraved by Robert Hancock from drawings by George Moneypenny (in this copy bound at rear). Apparently lacks the prospect facing the title page. With sections on the trade (including the famous silk mill that John Lombe built after returning from Italy), navigation, mills, porcelain, jewellery, cotton, and more. Some very minor foxing and toning to text block, dusty edges. A very good+ copy. ; Octavo.

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