The traveller's pocket-book; or, Ogilby and Morgan's book of the roads, improved and amended, in a method never before attempted [electronic resource] : Containing, I. An alphabetical list of all the cities, towns, and remarkable villages, showing in what ... they are situated. II. The distances in measured miles from London to all the cities, towns, and remarkable villages, in England and Wales, according to the new erected mile stones: and an account of such noblemens and gentlemens seats as lie near the road side. III. The cross roads in England and Wales. IV. A new whole sheet map of the roads in England and Wales, as also those in Scotland, fitted to bind with the book. V. The high roads in Scotland, measured from Edinburgh, with the principal cross roads, in English miles. VI. The circuits of the judges. VII. The post master-general's account of the nights that post-letters are despatched to the several trading towns. VIII. A list of the fairs in England and Wales, regulated according to the new stile.
1785
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Title
The traveller's pocket-book; or, Ogilby and Morgan's book of the roads, improved and amended, in a method never before attempted [electronic resource] : Containing, I. An alphabetical list of all the cities, towns, and remarkable villages, showing in what ... they are situated. II. The distances in measured miles from London to all the cities, towns, and remarkable villages, in England and Wales, according to the new erected mile stones: and an account of such noblemens and gentlemens seats as lie near the road side. III. The cross roads in England and Wales. IV. A new whole sheet map of the roads in England and Wales, as also those in Scotland, fitted to bind with the book. V. The high roads in Scotland, measured from Edinburgh, with the principal cross roads, in English miles. VI. The circuits of the judges. VII. The post master-general's account of the nights that post-letters are despatched to the several trading towns. VIII. A list of the fairs in England and Wales, regulated according to the new stile.
Edition
The twenty-second edition, corrected, and considerably improved.
Created/published
London : Printed for J. Buckland, J.F. and C. Rivington, B. ... [C.] Bowles, J. Johnson, S. Bladon, E. Newberry, J. Sewell, W. [Domville], J. Bew, J. Debrett, W. Lowndes, G. and T. Wilkie, and R. Baldwin, 1785.
Description
[7],iv-xlviii,178 p.,plate : map ; 16mo.
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An abridgment, largely reworked, of Ogilby's 'Britannia', first published in 1676 as 'Mr. Ogilby's Tables', then as 'Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads', then as 'Ogilby's and Morgan's Pocket book of the roads', then as 'The traveller's pocket-book'.
Price on title page: Price 1s. 6d. single, or 2s. 6d. with the Companion.
Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
An abridgment, largely reworked, of Ogilby's 'Britannia', first published in 1676 as 'Mr. Ogilby's Tables', then as 'Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads', then as 'Ogilby's and Morgan's Pocket book of the roads', then as 'The traveller's pocket-book'.
Price on title page: Price 1s. 6d. single, or 2s. 6d. with the Companion.
Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009.
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Cited/described in
Roscoe, S. John Newbery and his successors, 1740-1814, A392 (2)
English Short Title Catalog (ESTC), T200563
English Short Title Catalog (ESTC), T200563
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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