[ENGLAND] THE COMPLETE GAZETTEER OF ENGLAND AND WALES; OR AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES, IN THE KINGDOM. [COMPLETE IN 2 VOLUMES]

  • Full Leather
  • London: G. Robinson and R. Baldwin, 1775
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London: G. Robinson and R. Baldwin, 1775. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Two 12mo. volumes in speckled calf with raised bands and crimson morocco labels; cracked at the gutters but boards are holding well; each volume with a contemporary signature "Lucy Herring" on the front endpapers; each volume with title leaf; there is minor loss to the extremities of the spines.~~This Gazetteer in two volumes touts itself as containing an accurate description of all the cities, towns and villages in the kingdom "shewing their situations, manufactures, trades, markets, fairs, customs, privileges, principal buildings, charitable and other foundations, and their distances from London, &c. with a descriptive account of every county, their boundaries, extent, natural produce, &c. ... with other curiosities both of nature & or art: Pointing out the military ways, camps, castles, and other remains of Roman, Danish, and Saxon Antiquity. Very Good binding.

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