The new complete guide to all persons who have any Trade or Concern with the City of London, and parts adjacent. Containing I. The Names of all the Streets, Squares, &c. in the said City, and within the Bills of Mortality. II. The Names and Situation of the Companies Halls, &c. within the said Bills of Mortality. III. The New Rates for Carmen, as settled by the Lord Mayor, &c. the 11th of July, 1757, and the Rates of Watermen, Hackney Coachmen, Chairmen, and Potters. IV. Rates of the General-Post, and Penny-Post Offices, where kept, and to what Places they send Letters and Parcels; and the Holidays kept at the Public Offices. V. An Account of the Coasting Vessels, &c. VI. An Account of all the Stage-Coaches, with the Fares of Passengers, Carriers, &c. where they inn. and when they go out. Vii. Of entering Goods at the Custom-House. Viii. The Names and Places of Abode of the most eminent Merchants and Traders in and about London. IX. List of the Lord-Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London, with their Wards. X. Directors of the Bank of England, South-Sea and India Companies; Royal-Exchange Assurance; Sun-Fire-Office, and London Assurance; Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, of the Excise, and the Customs. Being The exactest Piece of the Kind hitherto published: And designed for the Use of Persons of All Degrees, as well Natives as Foreigners. with large Additions and Alterations And a new and accurate Plan of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts adjacent; also an exact Plan of the Royal-Exchange, shewing the several Walks or Places for transacting Business by the different Merchants, Traders, &c
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Type of record: Book
Title: The new complete guide to all persons who have any Trade or Concern with the City of London, and parts adjacent. Containing I. The Names of all the Streets, Squares, &c. in the said City, and within the Bills of Mortality. II. The Names and Situation of the Companies Halls, &c. within the said Bills of Mortality. III. The New Rates for Carmen, as settled by the Lord Mayor, &c. the 11th of July, 1757, and the Rates of Watermen, Hackney Coachmen, Chairmen, and Potters. IV. Rates of the General-Post, and Penny-Post Offices, where kept, and to what Places they send Letters and Parcels; and the Holidays kept at the Public Offices. V. An Account of the Coasting Vessels, &c. VI. An Account of all the Stage-Coaches, with the Fares of Passengers, Carriers, &c. where they inn. and when they go out. Vii. Of entering Goods at the Custom-House. Viii. The Names and Places of Abode of the most eminent Merchants and Traders in and about London. IX. List of the Lord-Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London, with their Wards. X. Directors of the Bank of England, South-Sea and India Companies; Royal-Exchange Assurance; Sun-Fire-Office, and London Assurance; Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, of the Excise, and the Customs. Being The exactest Piece of the Kind hitherto published: And designed for the Use of Persons of All Degrees, as well Natives as Foreigners. with large Additions and Alterations And a new and accurate Plan of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts adjacent; also an exact Plan of the Royal-Exchange, shewing the several Walks or Places for transacting Business by the different Merchants, Traders, &c
Other titles: Compleat guide to all persons
Classmark: Bedford Collection G003
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Warre, John Henry (Former owner)
Publisher: Printed for T. Longman, J. Rivington, J. Hinton, S. Crowder, T. Caslon; E. and C. Dilly; W. Stuart; S. Bladon; and R. Baldwin
Publication city: [London]
Date(s): MDCCLXXVII. [1777]
Language: English
Size and medium: [2],293,[3]p.,plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/731566
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019939997205181
Description
Originally published as 'A compleat guide to all persons.. '; also published as 'Baldwin's new complete guide'.
Price from imprint: Price 1s. 6d. sewed in Marble Paper; Or 2s. half-bound, with the Plates, and 1s. 8d. without.
Plates = 1 folded map and 1 folded plan.
Bedford Collection copy G003 has no frontispiece plan or map. It does contain alterations and corrections (1 page) and an advertisement leaf at end of the volume.
Indexed in: Alston,
Indexed in: ESTC
Features
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection G003: loose excerpt from sale catalogue for this item.
Bindings
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection G003: nineteenth-century half green morocco, red marbled paper over boards, gold tooled on spine, re-backed.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection G003: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: TD/1. Eighteenth/Nineteenth-century? armorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Henry Warre. MS. inscription on title page in John Bedford's hand: To my dearest Rose (Look I'm writing as neatly as Shirley Brooks) on her birthday. With Love now and always. 1989 John [i.e. John Victor Bedford (1941-2019)]. Eighteenth-century? MS. annotations on page 155.
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