Bibliotheca staffordiensis; or, A bibliographical account of books and other printed matter relating to-- printed or published in-- or written by a native, resident, or person deriving a title from-- any portion of the county of Stafford: giving a full collation and biographical notices of authors and printers. Together with as full a list as possible of prints, engravings, etchings, &c., of any part thereof; and portraits of persons so connected.
Lichfield : Printed for the compiler by A.C. Lomax, 1894
Physical Details
xxv pages, 1 leaf, 546 pages, 1 leaf ; 29 cm
OCLC
ocm01022703
"Four hundred and fifty copies only of this edition have been printed for subscribers, of which this is No."--Title page verso.
List of subscribers: p. [xv]-xxv.
"Peculiar circumstances associated with the work ... (1) This book has been wholly written without the use of hands. (2) It is the first work in literary history actually so written. (3) And, therefore, in that sense, it is unique."--Preface.