The new description and state of England, containing the maps of the counties of England and Wales, in fifty three copper-plates, newly design'd by Mr. Robert Morden, Exactly Drawn and Engraven by the Best Artists. The several Counties described, the Account of their Ancient and Modern Names, Soil, Former and Present Inhabitants, their Number, Rarities, Market-Towns, and Days whereon Markets are kept, Hundreds, Rivers, Bays, Harbours, Bridges, Minerals, Commodities, Number of Acres, what Proportion each Country pays to the Land-Tax, Archbishopticks, Bishopricks, Cathedrals, Parish-Churches, Schools, Hospitals, Roads and Distances, Roman Ways, Post-Towns, Men of Note, Memorable Battles and Actions, the Houses of the Nobility and Gentry, an Account of Fairs, &c.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morden, Robert, d. 1703.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

England--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

England.

Wales--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Wales.

Genre:

Maps.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],xix,[1],79,81-96,89-96,113-236p.,plates ) maps ;

Edition:

The second edition. To which are added, new and exact lists of the House of Peers and Commons, ..

Other Title:

New description and state of England,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for S. and J. Sprint, J. Nicholson, and S. Burroughs in Little Britain; A. Bell, and R. Smith in Cornhill, 1704.

Notes:

Includes: 'A true list of the Lords spiritual and temporal, together with the knights, citizens, and burgesses of the Parliament, anno 1701'.

A reissue of the 1701 edition with a cancel titlepage.

The text and register are continuous despite the pagination.

Price from imprint: Price Bound 8s.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T114645.

OCLC:

642292450