Cary 1798

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	Road book, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, published by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 11th edn 1828. The volume has - title page; dedication page; preface material, advertisement describing the book, author's prefaces to 5th and 11th editions, explanation of book; contents list; advertisement for globes; general map of England and Wales; index of direct roads; circuits of judges; gazetteer of places; index to canals and navigable rivers; lists of stage coaches from London, and from provincial centres; maps of areas around London, Bath, Cheltenham, the Lakes, two sections of the Sussex coast, and the Isle of Wight; itineraries of direct roads and addenda; descriptive text for Bath, Bristol, Cambridge, Canterbury, Dover, Liverpool and Oxford; index to cross roads; list of cross roads; itineraries of cross roads, and addenda; index to country seats and owners; ready reckoner for posting rates, rates of postage; advertisements for Cary's maps
		Cary 1798
	inscription:-	printed title page CARY'S / NEW INTINERARY / OR AN / ACCURATE DELINEATION / OF THE / GREAT ROADS, / Both DIRECT and CROSS throughout / ENGLAND AND WALES; / With many of the Principal Roads in / SCOTLAND. / From an ACTUAL ADMEASUREMENT by / JOHN CARY; / Made by COMMAND of his / Majesty's Postmaster General, / FOR / OFFICIAL PURPOSES / Under the Direction and Inspection of / THOMAS HASKER Esqr. / Late Surveyor and Superintendant of the Mail Coaches. / This WORK shows the IMMEDIATE ROUTE, from the / METROPOLIS to all parts of ENGLAND and WALES; / AND / From Town to Town in every direction; distinguishing also, / THE / CITIES, MARKET, BOROUGH AND CORPORATE TOWNS; / And those at which the ASSIZES are held, and gives the time of / the MAILS, ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE from each. Describes the / Line of the Navigable Canals and the Course of the Rivers passed over; / The Number of Houses and Inhabitants contained in each Town, / And those INNS which supply Post Horses and Carriages, / ALSO / The INNS throughout the METROPOLIS, from which the MAIL / And STAGE COACHES go, their time of departure & the ROUTE they severally take. / A LIST OF THE CROSS COUNTRY STAGES : / The NOBLEMEN and GENTLEMEN'S SEATS situate near the Roads; / Maps of the I. of Wight, Environs of London, Bath, Brighton, the Lakes and Cheltenham. / And a large Map of ENGLAND AND WALES adapted to the Work. / ELEVENTH EDITION with IMPROVEMENTS. / LONDON : Published by G. & J. CARY, 86, St James's Street, May, 1828.
	wxh:-	12.5x19.5cm

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