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Road book, uncoloured engravings of strip map road maps, Kitchin's Post
Chaise Companion, by Thomas Kitchin, published by Robert Sayer, 53 Fleet Street,
John Bowles, Cornhill, and Carington Bowles, St Paul's Church Yard, London,
1767.
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The maps are derived closely from John Senex's, 1719, who derived them from John
Ogilby's maps of 1675.
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The volume is cloth bound; the maps are two sided; sheets with sections of road
in Hampshire are documented separately.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title page
KITCHIN's / Post-Chaise Companion, / THROUGH / ENGLAND and WALES; /
CONTAINING / All the Ancient and New Additional ROADS, / WITH / Every
Topographical Detail relating thereto. / By THOMAS KITCHIN, / For the Use of
TRAVELLERS, on One Hundred and Three Copper Plates. / LONDON: / Printed for
ROBERT SAYER, at No53, in Fleet-street; JOHN BOWLES, at No , in Cornhill; and /
CARINGTON BOWLES, at No69, in St. Paul's Church-Yard. 1767. Price 7s. 6d.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- book plate
W. H. Duignan, / Rushall Hall
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dimension:- |
wxh = 23.5x18cm |
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reference:- |
Norgate, Martin (editor): 2001: Kitchin's Post Chaise Companion, 1767 (facsimile
reproduction): Hampshire CC Museums Service:: ISBN 0 1 85975 493 7 |
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Map Group -- Kitchin 1767 -- with Research Notes
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| MN: 2.10.2001 |
