A direction for the English traviller : by which he shal be inabled to coast about all England and Wales : and also to know how farre any market or noteable towne in any shire lyeth one from an other, and whether the same be east, west, north or south from ye shire towne : as also the distance betweene London, and any other shire or great town, with the scituation thereof east, west, north, or south from London : by the help also of this worke one may know (in what parish, village, or mansion house soeuer he be in) what shires he is to passe through & which way he is to trauell till he come to the journies end ...
Published / Created:
[London] : Are to be sold by Thomas Jenner at the South entrance of the Exchange, 1643.
Physical Description:
[48] leaves (some folded) : maps ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:583428
Classification:
Books
Notes:
British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 is a large paper copy (18 cm.) with only 4 double (and folded) leaves. Copy 2 (13 cm.) has leaves trimmed very close to plate marks and is bound so that all the plates are printed on double leaves. Also has bookplates of Thomas Wakeman and John Rolls, and is bound in calf with clasps.
Subject Terms:
Wakeman, Thomas -- Bookplate. | Rolls, John Welch -- Bookplate. | Roads -- Great Britain. | Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- Description and travel. | Great Britain -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Jenner, Thomas, fl. 1631–1656 -- Publisher.