Paterson's Roads; Being an Entirely Original and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales. with Part of the Roads of Scotland

Edward Mogg

Verlag: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman; et al. [1829], London, 1829

Beschreibung

The eighteenth revised and expanded edition of Edward Mogg's famous account of roads and routes of England and Wales, some of Scotland, complete with all folding maps. The eighteenth edition of this influential account of all direct and principal roads of England and Wales, some of Scotland, expanded and revised with topographical sketches of cities, market towns, and villages, and descriptive accounts of the nobility and gentry, antiquities, natural curiosities, and more.With forty-four pages of Appendix for the present edition to rear, featuring own title page.With a folding frontispiece map with closed tears, held to frontispiece by minor cloth repair to extremity by a previous owner, may detach with further handling; and eleven further folding maps, ten of which to rear over eight folding sheets. With frontispiece map to the Appendix. Collated, complete.Written by Edward Mogg, London publisher known for his issues of maps and travel guides to London. A complete and comprehensive nineteenth century travel guide. In quarter calf binding over marbled boards. Externally with shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, chipped to extremities of boards, minor loss to marble covers to boards. Previous ownership pencil inscription to title page and in ink and pencil to front free endpaper, dated 1842. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to occasional leaf, particularly leaves of maps, otherwise pages generally very clean. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 844A34

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Paterson's Roads; Being an Entirely Original...

Verlag: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman; et al. [1829], London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1829

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: Not Stated

Zustand: Good

Art des Buches: book