Michell, John Henry. Copy of The tour of the Duke of Somerset and the Reverend J.H. Michell in the year 1795, through Wales Scotland and the English Midland counties

Folger bibliographic ID: 223200
Folger call number: M.b.17-19
Folger holdings ID: 253300
Accession Number: cs1634

An account of a tour of a young duke and an older Cambridge don, with observations on cathedrals, churches, towns, and genteel persons, but with particular interest in manufacture, mining, trade, and the other activities of "the middle classes of life," and introduction to which the reverend guide and mentor hoped would "conduce at the same time to inform" his Grace's "mind, and raise his esteem of this valuable part of the community." That Michell was the writer of the account is shown by his referring to himself as a native of Brighton and King's College as his own college (Venn, Alumni Cantabridgienses)

General notes

The ms. was printed in 1845 with the same title. This ms. must be a transcript, perhaps made for the printer, for, though the paper of vol. 1 and 2 is dated 1817, that of vol. 3 is dated 1845 (after the author's death) and the whole is in one hand and written at one period Uniform original half roan, marbled boards

Extended title: Copy of The tour of the Duke of Somerset and the Reverend J.H. Michell in the year 1795, through Wales Scotland and the English Midland counties [ca. 1845]

Manufactures Mining engineering Industrial arts

author: Michell, John Henry, 1759-1844
associated with: Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour, Duke of, 1775-1855