Roberts' Chester Guide; with Forty-Six Engravings, and an Illustrated Plan of the City. Revised by John Hicklin, editor of the Chester Courant [&c &c]

Published by Hugh Roberts, Chester, 1858

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Unpaginated preliminaries include frontis, title page, preface & index, and the siting of the excellent folded map. Texts occupy 1-108p., followed by a large section of ads with wood-engravings of machinery, lists of hostelries and merchants. Text also furnished with many period [wood]engravings (reproduced indifferently) showing sites in and roundabout Chestier. Soft bound in 7x4.5 inch dirty marigold & black wraps, marred a bit with edgewear, dust-soil, former owner's initials, and a random ink-spatter. A most remarkable aspect of this guidebook is the condition of the large map; it measures 14x20 inches, is folded in a complicated design, is printed beautifully in several colors on lightweight paperstock, yet is in perfect condition. FYI, a second folded sheet is tipped onto terminal wrap, an ad for the Royal Insurance Co with long lists of local agencies and agents; it too is in clean shape. Amongst machines large and small obtainable in Chester are a railway engine (your own choo-choo!) and a large wheeled combine for boulting (?), thrashing (sic; threshing), straw shaking, riddling (?), and winnowing, all in one thingie. This machine won first prize in an 1858 agricultural show.…

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Title
Roberts' Chester Guide; with Forty-Six Engravings, and an Illustrated Plan of the City. Revised by John Hicklin, editor of the Chester Courant [&c &c]
Author
Roberts, Hugh, compiler/publisher. John Hicklin, revisions
Publisher
Hugh Roberts, Chester
Publication year
1858
Binding
Paperback
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Demographics, population, English History, England, Great Britain, United Kingdom, UK, Nineteenth century, Travel, Urban history

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