History of the City of Chester, from its foundation to the present time; collected from public records, private manuscripts, and

Pp. [4], iii, [1], 334, ii + 5 Etched plates, ( A small etched view of the Rows is printed on the title-page and evidently counts as one of the five unnumbered etchings by George Cuitt). Original trade boards, slight marks. George Cuitt was born at Richmond, in Yorkshire in 1779, the only son of painter George Cuitt the Elder. He followed his father's profession from his youth, and added to it the art of etching, which he developed with great success, being induced to do so by a careful study of Piranesi's 'Roman Antiquities.' He went to Chester, where he became a teacher of drawing, and published, in 1810 and 1811, Six Etchings of Saxon and other Buildings remaining at Chester, Six Etchings of Old Buildings in Chester, and Six Etchings of Picturesque Buildings in Chester and, in 1815, five etchings for a History of Chester.