Yale Center for British Art

Title:
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.
Alternate Title(s):
Men & things of modern England
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 Manuscripts
DA690.B6 N49 1855+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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:
Birmingham (England) -- Directories. | Birmingham (England) -- Biography. | Manufacturing industries -- England -- Birmingham -- Directories. | Directories -- Commerce. | Billing, M. -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Directories -- England -- Birmingham -- 1855. | Chromolithographs -- 1858. | Wood engravings -- 1858. | Lithographs -- 1858.
Contributors:
Billing, Martin, lithographer. no_linkage