Topography of Great Britain : or British traveller's pocket directory; being an accurate and comprehensive topographical and statistical description of all the counties in England, Scotland, and Wales, with the adjacent islands: illustrated with maps of the counties, which form a complete British atlas (v.3)
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Type of record: Book
Title: Topography of Great Britain : or British traveller's pocket directory; being an accurate and comprehensive topographical and statistical description of all the counties in England, Scotland, and Wales, with the adjacent islands: illustrated with maps of the counties, which form a complete British atlas (v.3)
Classmark: Whitaker Collection 133
Creator(s): Cooke, George Alexander
Publisher: Sherwood, Neely and Jones
Publication city: London
Date(s): [1822?]
Language: English
Size and medium: 26 v
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/298295
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991003864219705181
Description
The maps were reprinted in Gray's new book of roads, etc., 1824.
This appears to be the second edition, under a differently worded title, of The modern British traveller, issued by C. Cooke between 1802 and 1810 (Chubb CCCV). Many of the volumes consist of the original text, printed for C. Cooke, with just a new title-page. Of those more recently printed, that of Northumberland is described as the "Second edition" and the paper on which it is printed is watermarked with the date 1821. The description of Northamptonshire is watermarked 1822. Cf. Whitaker: The Howard Whitaker Collection... Univ. of Leeds, 1947, p. 70.
The first volume is of the "Third edition" and contains the description of Devonshire only. It should have contained both Cornwall and Devon.
Contents: v.1. Devonshire. -- v.2. Somerset & Dorset. -- v.3. Wiltshire & Berkshire -- v.4. Hampshire, Isle of Wight, &c. -- v.5. Surrey & Sussex. -- v.6. Kent. -- v.7. Middlesex. -- v.8. Hertfordshire & Essex. -- v.9. Suffolk & Norfolk. -- v.10. Cambridge & Huntingdonshire. -- v.11. Northants. & Bedfordshire. -- v.12. Bucks. & Oxfordshire. -- v.13. Gloucestershire & Herefordshire. -- v.14. Monmouthshire & S. Wales. -- v. 15. North Wales & Shropshire. -- v.16. Worcestershire & Warwickshire. -- v.17. Leicestershire & Lincolnshire. -- v.18. Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire. -- v.19. Staffordshire & Cheshire. -- v.20. Lancashire. -- v.21. Yorkshire. -- v.22. Westmoreland & Cumberland. -- v.23. Durham & Northumberland. -- v.24. Scotland - General Division & Northern Division. -- v. 25. Scotland - Middle Division. -- v.26. Scotland - Southern Division.
Indexed in: This edition not recorded by Chubb.
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