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AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CITY OF HEREFORD

by John Price

Published 1796

Very good condition. Three-quarter burgundy leather, marbled boards and endpapers. With Some Remarks on the River Wye and the Natural and Artificial Beauties Contiguous to its Banks from Brobery to Wilton Embellished with Elegant Views, Plans etc. 7 b/w engraved plates. 262 pages. Printed by D. Walker.

Contents are original; binding is more modern, with new endpapers. Some fading to leather on spine. Foxing and a bit of page browning. Damp corner marks to a couple of pages.

Stock no. 2122666

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Contents

  • ETYMOLOGY of the name -HEREFORD
  • Sketches concerning the City, Castle and its Vicinity
  • Topographical Account of the City
  • Salubrity of its Situation
  • Government
  • Trade and Manufactories
  • State of Navigation
  • Poor
  • The Town or Shire Hall
  • The Infirmary
  • The Theatre
  • Public Amusements, Walks, etc
  • Account of the Bishopric of Hereford
  • Cathedral
  • Principal Monuments
  • Bishops of Hereford
  • Members of the Cathedral
  • The Chapter House
  • The Collegiate School
  • Account of the Churches
  • Monastries
  • Hospitals and Almshouses
  • Eminent Persons born in Hereford
  • Earls of Hereford
  • Account of the Wye from Brobery to Wilton
  • Appendix

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