Buy this book on-line BLOME, Richard & TAYLOR, Thomas : England Exactly Described Or a Guide to Travellers In a Compleat Sett of Maps of All the Counties of England; being a Map for each County, Wherein every Towne and Village is Particularly Express’d with the Names and Limits of every Hundred, and the Roads and Distances in Measured Miles according to Mr Ogilby’s Survey. Very Usefull for Gentlemen & Travellers being made fit for the PockettThomas Taylor at ye Golden Lyon in Fleetstreet, London, 1717-[18]
Oblong quarto (210 x 290 mm.), modern half calf, green cloth boards, gilt ruled, spine with gilt ruled raised and ornate gilt feature to compartments, red calf gilt title label. With engraved title page and 42 maps numbered to 41, Scotland and Ireland unnumbered and here unusually bound at the end, Cumberland and Westmoreland combined ‘8 & 9’. The England map is in Hodson’s state c, Scotland state b and Ireland state a, with all county maps in their expected state bearing roads. Manuscript notation lower right of the title. All leaves backed on linen as they were originally folded twice for the pocket, with loss at the folds to some, notably the title page, Chester, Devon, Durham, Gloucestershire, Monmouth, Suffolk and Wiltshire. Otherwise in good condition. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of BLOME, Richard & TAYLOR, Thomas : England Exactly Described Or a Guide to Travellers In a Compleat Sett of Maps of All the Counties of England; being a Map for each County, Wherein every Towne and Village is Particularly Express’d with the Names and Limits of every Hundred, and the Roads and Distances in Measured Miles according to Mr Ogilby’s Survey. Very Usefull for Gentlemen & Travellers being made fit for the Pockett. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, libri rari, out-of-print books, libri antichi and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |