The traveller's pocket-book; or, Ogilby and Morgan's book of the roads improved and amended : in a method never before attempted. Containing I. A new whole sheet map of the roads in England and Wales, as also those in Scotland... VIII. An alphabetical list of all the cities, towns, and remarkable villages ... [etc.]
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Type of record: Book
Title: The traveller's pocket-book; or, Ogilby and Morgan's book of the roads improved and amended : in a method never before attempted. Containing I. A new whole sheet map of the roads in England and Wales, as also those in Scotland... VIII. An alphabetical list of all the cities, towns, and remarkable villages ... [etc.]
Other titles: Ogilby and Morgan's book of the roads
Classmark: YAS 0703
Creator(s): Ogilby, John (1600-1676)
Additional creator(s): Morgan, William (1690) (Other)
Related people: Morgan, William
Publisher: printed for B. Law and Son, J. Johnson, S. Bladon, J. Sewell... [et al.]
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1794
Language: English
Size and medium: [8], 211, [47] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/487256
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991003909789705181
Collection group(s): Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
Description
This was the last edition of what must have been a very popular work. It originally appeared in 1676, since when it had doubtless served as the pattern for such as Paterson's road books. Cf. Whitaker: The Harold Whitaker Collection... Univ. of Leeds, 1947, p. 112.
Additional description
Imperfect: wanting first leaf with title page and some pages at end. A different edition with 6 preliminary pages. Spine lettered: 'Traveller's Pocket Book'
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