Author: Paterson, Daniel
Title: A NEW And ACCURATE DESCRIPTION Of ALL The DIRECT And PRINCIPAL CROSS ROADS In GREAT BRITAIN. [bound with] A TRAVELLING DICTIONARY: or Alphabetical Tables of the Distance of All Principal Cities; Borough, Market, and Sea - Port Towns in Great Britain from Each Other
Description: London: Printed for T. Carnan, 1773. 2nd Edition, Corrected. Original publisher's green vellum spine over black paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to spine, with printed label reading: "Paterson's Roads and Travelling Dictionary.". xx, 92; [8], 179, [1] pp. 'Roads' with columnar numbering, 2 per page. Separate printed t.p. for 'Dictionary'. 2 page map at front, "General View of the Roads of England and Wales. 1772." J. Ellis, sclupt. 8vo, in 4s. 7" x 4-3/8". Spine darkened. Some modest binding wear. Prior owner signature(s). A solid VG copy. Of note in this copy, affixed to the front paste-down, a printed 2 paragraph, 16 line publisher advertisement, advising the purchaser that the spine has been bound in vellum, vice leather, being cheaper, while also asserting, they are "much better than the books bound in leather; open easier at the back, and are not so liable to warp in being read.".

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