A companion to every place of curiosity and entertainment in and about London and Westminster, containing An Historical Description of London, The River Thames, The Tower of London, London-Bridge, The Monument, The Royal Exchange, The Mansion House, Guildhall, St. Paul's Cathedral, The British Museum, Westminster Abbey, Westminster-Bridge, St. James's Park and Palace, The Queen's Palace, The Winter and Summer Diversions, Greenwich Hospital and Park Kensington, Kew, and Hampton-Court Palaces and Gardens, Windsor Castle, And of many other Places. With a oncise and exact Account of the Curiosities contained in several of them; and Directions for gaining Admittance to each Place. To which is added a new, large, and elegant map of London, Westminster, and Southwark: Also the Rates of Coachmen and Watermen from the principal Parts of London to the above Places. Whereby Strangers may choose such Objects as suit their Convenience, and afterwards relate what they have seen.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

England--Guidebooks--Early works to 1800.

England.

Genre:

Guidebooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x,190p.,plate ) map ;

Edition:

The third edition.

Other Title:

Companion to every place of curiosity and entertainment in and about London and Westminster,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Drew, No. 115. Salisbury-Court, Fleet-Street; W. Nicoll, St. Paul's Church-Yard; Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart, at the Royal Exchange; J. Pridden, Fleet-Street; and T. Durham, Charing-Closs, 1772.

Notes:

A reissue of the first edition of 1767 with a cancel titlepage, an enlarged preliminary section on hackney coach fares and the inclusion of a map, which is dated 1771 and possibly originally issued with the second edition.

Braces in title.

Price from imprint: price 2s. sewed, and 2s. 6d. bound.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T226644.

OCLC:

642550935