29 July 2013

The Portico Library, Manchester

I only discovered the existence of this subscription library last week, and then only noticed it quite by chance when walking up Mosley Street (this being on the corner of Charlotte Street) on Saturday.

'PORTICO LIBRARY – 1806
THOMAS HARRISON ARCHITECT
(1744–1829)
RICHARD COBDEN   JOHN DALTON
ELIZABETH GASKELL
SIR ROBERT PEEL
THOMAS DE QUINCEY
PETER MARK ROGET WERE
READERS HERE'

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