[Paterson, Daniel] Mogg, Edward.

Paterson’s Roads [1831/1832 Edition (18th Edition)] – 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. [Including an “Appendix to the Eighteenth Edition of Paterson’s Roads; being An Accurate Description of the Direct and Principal Cross roads communicating with the Improved Old Passage Ferry, across the River Severn, between Aust and Beachley, near Chepstow. Accompanied by a Map of the Banks of the Wye. To which are added, Course of the Chepstow Steam Packets; and An arranged Tour through Wales, with References to the pages in the Body of the Work, where connection with various lines of Road takes place.”]. 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 1831; To which is annexed the Arrival and Departure of the Mail, together with the Rates of Postage and An Entirely New Set of Maps.

London, Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1831/1832. Octavo (15 cm x 21,5 cm). Fontispiece – Fold-out-Map, 715 pages plus 44 pages of an Appendix. With twelve (12) Maps, including the frontipiece-map and full-page maps throughout the publication. Hardcover / Private half-leather of the early 20th century with gilt lettering on the spine. Some of the maps with visible reapirs but complete. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This being the so-called “Best Edition”.

Includes the following Maps:

1. Frontispiece – Map: “General Map of the Roads of England and Wales; Engraved for Mogg’s Improved Edition of Paterson’s Roads (47 cm x 39 cm).
2. The Holyhead Road Plate [″Map of the Mail Road from London to Holyhead, improved under the direction of The Parliamentary
Commissioners”] (32 cm x 21,3 cm).
3. Map of the Banks of the Wye (13,5 cm x 21,3 cm).
4. Isle of Thanet and Adjacent Country (21,3 cm x 25,5 cm).
5. Double-Map with: a. Route from Deal to Hythe / b. Route from Hythe to Rye (26 cm x 21,3 cm).
6. Double-Map with: a. Route from New Shoeham to Chichester / b. Route from Chichester to Farnham (26 cm x 21,3 cm).
7. The Country round Southampton and the Tip of the Isle of Wight (25,5 cm x 21,3 cm).
8. A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancaster including Walney Isle and the Lancaster Sands (35 cm x 21,3 cm).
9. Isle of Wight (26 cm x 21,3 cm)
10. A Map of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire (34 cm x 21,3 cm).

• Keywords: Books with vintage Maps · English History · English History – Rare · New Arrivals · Travel England – Rare · Travel Europe – Rare
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 31251AB

EUR 750,-- 

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