New illustrated directory, entitled Men & things of modern England , [1858?]
- Title(s):
- New illustrated directory, entitled Men & things of modern England : being a direct guide to the highest class of commercial houses, manufacturing establishments, hotels &c. &c.
- Additional Title(s):
Men & things of modern England
Men and things of modern England
Second series of the New illustrated directory
New illustrated directory- Published/Created:
- Birmingham : Published by M. Billing, to be seen at all first class hotels, steam boat companies, etc., [1858?]
- Physical Description:
- [6], 35, [1], 226 p., [50] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA690.B6 N49 1855+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3442838
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Cover title, stamped in gilt on publisher's black cloth: Second series of the New illustrated directory.
Includes short biographies of prominent men of England, each accompanied by a wood-engraved portrait.
Chromolithographs by Martin Billing.
Dates mentioned in the introductory text suggest a publication date of 1858.
"The manufactures of Birmingham and Sheffield."--Pages 1-35.
Includes, at front, indexes to the biographies, advertisements, and illustrations (i.e. plates).
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in gilt-tooled black publisher's binding. Title stamped in gilt on front cover: Second series of the New Illustrated directory. - Subject Terms:
- Billing, M. -- Publisher.Birmingham (England) -- Biography.Birmingham (England) -- Directories.Directories -- Commerce.Manufacturing industries -- England -- Birmingham -- Directories.
- Form/Genre:
- Directories -- England -- Birmingham -- 1855.
Chromolithographs -- 1858.
Wood engravings -- 1858.
Lithographs -- 1858. - Export:
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