Paterson's roads; being an entirely original and accurate description of all the direct and principal crossroads in England and Wales, with part of the roads of Scotland
London : Printed for C.J.G. and F. Rivington ...; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green ...; J. M. Richardson ...; C. Chapple ...; Baldwin and Cradock ...; [11 in London ; and G. & J. Robinson, Liverpool 1829], 1832. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. Gilt cross-bands. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 715 pages; Physical description; 82, 715, [1], iv, [1], 44 p : fold. maps. (incl. front.) ; 4.° Notes; Continuation of edition statement on t.p.: The Eighteenth edition to which are added topographical sketches of the several cities, market towns, and remarkable villages; and descriptive accounts of the principal seats of the nobility and gentry, the antiquities, natural curiosities, and other remarkable objects throughout the Kingdom: the whole remodelled, augmented, and improved, by the addition of numerous new roads and new admeasurements, and arranged upon a plan at once novel, clear and intelligible, is deduced from the latest and best authorities: including a table of the heights of mountains from the grand trigonometrical survey of the Kingdom; also a table of the population, from the census of 1821; to which is annexed the arrival and departure of the mail together with the rates of postage; and an entirely new set of maps. Appendix has separate t.p. Includes indexes to the roads, and to the country seats. Subjects; Roads - Great Britain. Great Britain - Description and travel. Item #221885
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