'The history of the famous city and port of Bristol. Vol. 1...', Written in and shortly before 1753 by J. Stewart
'The history of the famous city and port of Bristol. Vol. 1. Compil'd by James Stewart, and ornamented, by the same hand, with ... [10] drawings ...' 1753: this first part is a history of Bristol to 1733, with long appendix, and index: the second and third were designed to be a geographical description, and lists: the introduction gives a full account of the composition of the work. See MS. Gough Somersetshire 8.
(196 and 256 pages)
Dates
- Creation: Written in and shortly before 1753 by J. Stewart
Extent
552 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Gough Somerset 2
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 18212
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
13 1/2 × 9 in.
Repository Details
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