Author: Barrett, William.
Title: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL; Compiled From Original Records and Authentic Manuscripts, In public Offices or Private Hands;
Description: Bristol: Printed by William Pine ..., N.d. c.[1789]. 1st Ed. 4to. [xx] + 704pp. With 7pp Subscribers. Title page device, folding frontis., plan (silked to a fold), several ills., extra ills. with a folding plan, 14 folding copper plates, 13 single sheet copper plates, 2 Rowley facsimile plates with engraved letterpress ‘notes’. Some offsetting and sporadic foxing, new e.ps., rebound in modern maroon backed black cloth boards, gilt lettered green morocco label. ¶ Upcott 1160; ESTC T90316. William Barrett (1727–1789), surgeon and antiquary. ODNB ‘... Collection of the material had taken more than thirty years, and the book was well produced and illustrated ... useful information about churches, monuments, and secular buildings in the city. He writes vividly about the contemporary life of the city, the crowded shipping, and the docks, streets, and lanes. He also includes lively descriptions of the various weekly markets for fish, butter, poultry, corn, flour, fruit, and wool, as well as of cattle and sheep sent from Wales or arriving in ‘trows’ or barges from counties along the Severn. Unfortunately throughout the book he included the mass of erroneous material that he had received from Chatterton. ... In spite of its many failings Barrett's work was the first complete history of Bristol to be published ...’

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; ENGLAND


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