Bisset's magnificent directory, embellished with twenty-eight superb and emblematic plates, accompanied by a poetic survey round Birmingham, and a description of the different manufactories and other curiosities in the place. By J. Bisset, author of the Orphan Boy, Flights of Fancy, &c. ..

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Birmingham (England) - Poetry - Early works to 1800

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Bisset's magnificent directory, embellished with twenty-eight superb and emblematic plates, accompanied by a poetic survey round Birmingham, and a description of the different manufactories and other curiosities in the place. By J. Bisset, author of the Orphan Boy, Flights of Fancy, &c. ..