A concise history of Worcester: containing an ample and authentic description of whatever is worthy of remark in that ancient city; together with an account of royal & other visits, and chronological events . from the earliest period to the present time. To which is added, the tolls claimed by the sheriff and sword-bearer, and a copy of the charter of James I to the city, and various extracts of other charters and by-laws, relating to the qualification of freemen as electors, and government of the same. Also-an account of the posts, mails, stage coaches, wagons, trows, wherries, and other conveyances, to, and from the city

Published by printed by T. Holl, forT. Eaton, Sidbury; and sold by all booksellers, Worcester, 1808

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First edition, 12mo, pp. [4], 156; tinted engraved frontispiece, engraved plan of cathedral and engraved plan of the city; original marbled paper-covered boards, blue paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine; boards notched and rubbed, spine rubbed and soiled with bottom inch chipped away; front joint cracked, old taped repair on p. 27-28 and short breaks in the fore-edge of the title page; shaken, but still a good copy.

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A concise history of Worcester: containing an ample and authentic description of whatever is worthy of remark in that ancient city; together with an account of royal & other visits, and chronological events . from the earliest period to the present time. To which is added, the tolls claimed by the sheriff and sword-bearer, and a copy of the charter of James I to the city, and various extracts of other charters and by-laws, relating to the qualification of freemen as electors, and government of the same. Also-an account of the posts, mails, stage coaches, wagons, trows, wherries, and other conveyances, to, and from the city
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R., W.
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printed by T. Holl, forT. Eaton, Sidbury; and sold by all booksellers, Worcester
Publication year
1808
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First Edition.
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