Main entry:

Bisset, J. (James), 1762?-1832, author.

Title & Author:

A poetic survey round Birmingham : with a brief description of the different curiosities and manufactories of the place. Intended as a guide to strangers / by J. Bisset ... Accompanied by A magnificent directory ; with the names, professions, &c. superbly engraved in emblematic plates.

Publication:

[Birmingham] : Printed for the author by Swinney and Hawkins, High-Street, Birmingham, [1800]
[London] ; [Birmingham] : Sold by T. Heptinstall, London : Swinney and Hawkins, Birmingham, and all other booksellers.

Description:

VIII, [1], 10- 62, [2] pages, [28] leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings), map (engraving) ; 26 cm (8vo)

Notes:
The directory has its own title page, with title: A magnificent directory comprising the names, &c. of upwards of three hundred professional gentlemen, merchants, bankers, tradesmen, manufacturers, &c. of Birmingham.
Map after drawing by Js. Sherriff: Plan of Birmingham.
Plates by or after T. Hancock, F. Eginton, Reynolds, Smith, Howe, and Hollins.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴ [F]² G² H-I⁴.
Head- and tail-pieces.
"Entered at Stationers' Hall. Price 6s. With proof plates 10s. 6d. coloured one guinea; or printed in colours 2L. 2s."--Half title page
Address to the reader -- Introduction -- A poetic survey round Birmingham, &c. -- Ramble of the gods through Birmingham -- A magnificent directory comprising the names, &c. of upwards of three hundred professional gentlemen, merchants, bankers, tradesmen, manufacturers, &c. of Birmingham.

Resources:
Connect online to the Making of the Modern World (The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)

Subject:

Poetry of places.
Poésie des lieux.
Birmingham (England) Guidebooks.
Birmingham (England) Poetry.
Birmingham (England) Directories.
Birmingham (England) Maps.
England Birmingham

Form/genre:

city directories.
directories.
poetry.
City directories
Directories
Guidebooks
Poetry
Maps.
Poetry of places.
Répertoires municipaux.
Répertoires.
Poésie.
Cartes géographiques.

Added entries:

Sherriff, J., cartographer.
Eginton, Francis, 1775-1823, illustrator.
Hancock, Thomas, active 1794-1804, illustrator.
Smith, of Birmingham, illustrator.
Hollins, William, 1763-1843, illustrator.
Reynolds, William, active 1800-1811, illustrator.
Howe, illustrator.
Heptinstall, Thomas, bookseller.
Swinney and Hawkins, printer, bookseller.
Magnificent directory comprising the names, &c. of upwards of three hundred professional gentlemen, merchants, bankers, tradesmen, manufacturers, &c. of Birmingham.
Plan of Birmingham.
Great Britain England Birmingham.

Half-title: Bisset's poetic survey round Birmingham

Holdings:

Location: Library main 4928
Call No.: ID:87-B12264
Status: Available