A New and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales, and part of the Roads in Scotland. With correct routes of the Mail Coaches, and a great variety of new measurements.

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A very good contemporary full leather binding with central brass clasp (in working order), and all of the maps. 8vo. 8.0" x 5.0" x 1.75". Black polished calf with rubbed gilt filet border. Hinges carefully strengthened. Spine with 5 raised bands, rubbed gilt decoration and old red leather title label. Red page edges. Grey endpapers. Inner hinges carefully strengthend. bookplate to verso of the front board: "Ex Libris Oliver Collection No. 707". Folded map of England and Wales as frontis, with small repairs to edges (not affecting the map. Printed title page. With copyright notice on verso of title, threatening pirates with prosecution. Printed: London: Cox, Son, and Baylis. Text printed in two columns. Map of the Isle of Wight, bound after p.22. All other maps bound at the end of the book. Maps engraved by Thomson. Clear text and illustrations on lightly toned paper. A very good copy in an interesting binding. ** Full title reads: "A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales, and part of the roads of Scotland : with a variety of new admeasurements. A general map adapted of the work; new maps, viz: of the Southern Coast with the Country adjacent; of the Isle of Thanet; of the Isle of Wight; and of the Parts of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, comprehending the Lakes. An account of Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats, and other remarkable Objects; A General Index of the Roads to the different Towns, Denoting the counties in which they are situated, their Market Days, and the Inns which supply Post Horses, &c. An index to the country seats and places described. A table of the heights of mountains and other eminences, from the grand Trigonometrical survey of the kingdom, under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel Mudge. Correct routes of the mail coaches, and an alphabetical table of all the principal towns; containing The Rates of Postage; the times of the arrival and retrun of the mails; the population &c. The whole greatly augmented and improved by the assistance of Francis Freeling, Esq. secretary to the Post-Office, and of the several surveyors of the provincial districts, under the authority of the Post-Master-General. By Lieutenant-Colonel Paterson, Assistant Quarter-Master-General of His Majesty's Forces. The Fifteenth Edition. N° de ref. del artículo 45000

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