Bidspirit auction | Rare and Beautiful: The History

Rare and Beautiful: The History of Birmingham - With Engravings - 1781 - An History of Birmingham, to the end of the year 1780. by W. Hutton. Birmingham: Pearson and Rollason, 1781. Probably first edition. With 17 engravings - four of which fold out. Half leather binding, housed in a hard box. William Hutton (1723-1815) was an English historian, the first to write a significant history of the city of Birmingham. English, 280 pp., 21X14 cm. Good overall condition: light wear and scuffs to the cover, a few tears to the folding boards; rust spots.