The traveller's guide, or, A most exact description of the roads of England / being Mr. Ogilby's actual survey, and mensuration by the wheel, of the great roads from London to all the considerable cities and towns in England and Wales, together with the cross-roads from one city or eminent town to another ... And for the better illustration thereof, are added tables.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.

Series:

Making of the modern world

Making of the Modern World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roads--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Roads.

Great Britain--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for W.B. and sold by J. Churchill ... [et al.], [1712?]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

The tables (p. 193-254) have special t.p. not included in paging: Tables containing an exact delineation of the roads of England according to Mr. Ogilby's actual survey, and mensuration by the wheel ... London, W. Bray, 1712.

An abridgment of the 1674 folio edition, the title of which is not known. Two versions of Ogilby's original work, both in folio, were issued in 1675, the "Britannia, volume the first," containing both text and maps, and the "Itinerarium Angliæ" from which the main portion of the text is omitted. cf. Pref.; also Fordham, H.G. John Ogilby. 1925, p. 163-165.

Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 04943.1.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. s2005 miunns

OCLC:

65355497

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