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Ogilby 1699
Road book, itineraries and map, The Traveller's Guide, by John Ogilby, published by Abel Swall, Tim Child, White Hart, and R Knaplock, the Angel and Crown, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1699.
This is an edition of the itineraries published by John Ogilby to accompany his road strip maps in Britannia, published 1675.
Published as '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, ... / LONDON, Printed by T. Ilive for Abel Swall, and Sold by Tim. Child at the White-Hart, and R, Knaplock at the Angel and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1699.'.
Published in a 2nd edn part 1 being '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. Wherein is shewn the Distance from Place to Place, and plain Directions given to find the Way, by setting down every Town, Village, River, Brook, Bridge, Common, Forest, Wood, Copse, Heath, Moor, &c. that occur in Pasing the Roads. And for the better Illustration thereof, are added TABLES, wherein the Names of Places, with their Distances, are set down in a Column, in so plain a manner, that meer Strangers may travel all over England without any other Guide. / LONDON: Printed for ...'. Part 2 being, 'TABLES Containing an Exact Delineation OF THE ROADS of ENGLAND ACCORDING TO Mr. Ogilby's ACTUAL SURVEY, And Mensuration by the Wheel. Wherein the Names of all Places in the MAPS of his BRITANNIA are set down, with the Distances from Town to Town; and all other Remarks necessary for the Instruction of Travellers. As the Divisions of Roads, the Mountains, Hills, Valleys, Rivers, Brooks, Rivulets, Houses, Forests, Woods, Copses, Commons, Heaths, Moors, &c. that occur in passing the Roads from LONDON to all the Eminent Towns in England and Wales. Together with the Cross-Roads from one City or Considerable Town to Another. / LONDON, Printed for William Bray in Exeter-Court, near Exeter-Change in the Strand, M DCC XII.
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