A journey from London to France and Holland : or, the traveller's useful vade mecum. ... . Wherein is contain'd the following Particulars, viz. I. Each Day's Observation, in Travelling from London to Paris, thro' French Flanders. II. And from thence to Reims. III. The Manner of Examination mention'd, for obtaining a Diploma in Physick, at that University. IV. A Copy of the Diploma itself. V. A Comparison between the City of Paris and London. VI. Some Account of Paris, Theinhabitants, and the Buildings thereof. Vii. A Description of the two Famoushospitals there,viz. Thehotel Dieu, and La Charity. Viii. An Account of Versailles and its Gardens, &c. IX. An Account of a Course of Midwifry, &c. at Paris. X. An Account of Thefrench Money to a Hundred Million of Livres, with a Copperplate of its Impression on each Side, and a Table reducing it into English Money. XI. The Grounds of the French Language, &c. XII. A Short, Historical, Geographical Account of the Nation and People. XIII. A List of the Posts throughout the whole Kingdom of France, shewing the Distance of Places one from the other, and the Number of Posts therein contain'd, &c. XIV. To the Whole is added Maps of the Cities of London and Paris, with the Names of the Streets, &c. contain'd therein. The Whole is calculated and design'd chiefly for the Use and Benefit of Travellers going into that Kingdom, whereby fully to inform them of those Parts of Knowledge needful hereto: Wherein is also occasionally contain'd many Moral Reflections and Useful Observations. By R. Poole, Doctor of Physick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poole, Robert, 1708-1752.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--Guidebooks--Early works to 1800.

France.

Netherlands--Guidebooks--Early works to 1800.

Netherlands.

Genre:

Guidebooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2v., fold plates ) maps ;

Other Title:

Journey from London to France and Holland

Place of Publication:

London : printed for E. Duncomb, in Butcherhall-Lane, near Newgate-Street, M.DCC.L. [1750]

Notes:

A reissue of the second edition of 1746, with a new titlepage to vol. 1 and without the portrait.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T54042.

OCLC:

642627853