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THE PEAK GUIDE, CONTAINING THE TOPOGRAPHICAL, STATISTICAL, AND GENERAL HISTORY OF BUXTON, CHATSWORTH, EDENSOR, CASTLETON, BAKEWELL, HADDON, MATLOCK, AND CROMFORD; WITH AN INTRODUCTION, GIVING A SUCCINT ACCOUNT OF THE TRADE AND MANUFACTURES OF THE COUNTY; AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN'S SEATS, AND SEVERAL ROAD SKETCHES; Ornamented with a Map, Plans and East View of Chatsworth House, Haddon Hall, Willersley Castle, Bakewell and Matlock Churches, Ancient Monuments and Armorial Bearings.
BY STEPHEN GLOVER; EDITED BY THOMAS NOBLE, Esq.
DERBY: Printed for the Publisher BY HENRY MOZLEY AND SONS, AND SOLD AT THE VARIOUS SHOPS IN MATLOCK, BUXTON, AND CASTLETON AND EVERY BOOKSELLER IN THE COUNTY. 1845.

8vo. (14x23cm.) Brown cloth, embossed boards, glilt title to spine. xl,136 pp. Full page steel engravings of West view of Chatsworth House, Haddon Hall, Willersley Castle. Several wood block engravings in the text. 3 full page and 1 fold-out page plans of Chatsworth. Pull-out Genealogical tables of the Cavendish and Manners families. Steel engraved segmented and cloth mounted foldiing map of Derbyshire by Glover engraved by Josiah Neele loosely inserted.

Binding worn and loose with damage at head of spine. Ink manuscript date to spine. Spotting to steel engraved plates. Pencil signature inside front board. 

For detais of the map see our listing under Derbyshire maps.