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private collection:-
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Road book, the Great Post Roads between London and Falmouth, by A Arrowsmith,
1782, published by John Cary, Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1784.
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The book has - frontispiece, a general map of the road; title page; and 50 strip
maps.
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The plates that concern Hampshire are numbers 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 31, 32, and 33;
documented separately.
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inscription:- |
embossed -on- spine
CARY'S / POST / ROADS
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title page
CARY'S / ACTUAL SURVEY, / OF THE / Great Post Roads / between / LONDON AND
FALMOUTH. / including / A BRANCH to WEYMOUTH. / as well as / Those from
Salisbury to Axminster, either / thro' Dorchester or Sherborne; / Those from
Basingstoke to Salisbury. either / thro' Popham Lane or Andover; / and / Those
from Exeter to Truro, either / thro' Plymouth or Launceston, / Wherein every
Gentleman's Seat, Village, Town, &c. / within sight of the Road, is laid down,
the principal / Inns on the Road expressed, and the exact Distances /
ascertained. / By A. ARROWSMITH LAND SURVEYOR. / 1782 / LONDON: / Printed for J.
CARY, Map, Print, and Chart-seller, the Corner of / Arundel Street, Strand,
April 4, 1784. / Price 6s.
-- above the head of Mercury, and leaves; below two cherubs, one with a
waywiser, the other writing in a notebok, redsting on a globe, an obelisk
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dimension:- |
wxh = 9.5x16.5cm |
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Map Group -- Cary 1784 -- with Research Notes
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| MN: 27.8.2003 |
