Author: ANON
Title: An Historical Account of the Luddites of 1811, 1812 and 1813. With Report of their Trials at York Castle from 2dn to 12th January 1813, before Sir Alexander Thompson and Sir Simon le Blanc, Knights.
Description: John Cowgill, Huddersfield,, 1862. 12mo., First Edition, very neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; publisher's original red cloth, upper board elaborately blocked in blind enclosing title and price in gilt, red edges, orange endpapers, neatly rebacked to style, a remarkably bright, clean copy . The Luddite riots began in Nottingham and spread rapidly to Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lancashire, Cheshire and Yorkshire. This is a very scarce trial report. Very scarce

Keywords: mstock, history, luddites, luddite riots, ned ludd, general ludd, industrial revolution, anon, history, an, historical, account, luddites, 1811, 1812, 1813


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