The foreigner's guide: or, A necessary and instructive companion both for the foreigner and native, in their tour through the cities of London and Wesminster [sic] :. Giving I. A general description of these two cities, with an account of their respective governments. II. A description of the royal palaces, noblemen's houses, publick buildings, churches, streets, squares, and the most remarkable places in and near this famous metropolis: with an account of the Inns of Court, Royal Society, publick walks, diversions, remarkable days, court days, post days, &c. III. A description of the several villages in the neighbourhood; as Chelsea, Kensington, Richmond, Greenwich, Woolwich, Hampstead, &c. as also others more remote, viz. Hampton-Court, Windsor, Oxford, Cambridge, Bleinheim, Newmarket horse-races, Epsom, Tunbridge, Bath, &c. IV. An account of the rates of coaches, watermen, &c. also the rates of post-horses; with the roads to Dover and Harwich. = Le guide des etrangers: ou Le compagnon necessaire & instructif à l'etranger & au naturel du pays, en faisant le tour des villes des Londres et de Westminstre. Contenant I. La description générale de ces deux villes & de leurs gouvernements differens. II. La description des palais royaux, hôtels, edifices publics, eglises, rues, places ou quarrez, & des lieux les plus remarquables de cette fameuse métropole, avec une relations des Colléges des jurisconsultes, de la Société royale, des promenades publiques, des divertissemens, des jours ou fêtes remarquables, des jours de cour, jours de poste, &c. III. La description de plusieurs places aux environs, comme Chelsea, Kensington, Richmond, Greenwich, Woolwich, Hampstead, &c. avec d'autres plus eloignées, savoir, Hampton-Court, Windsor, Oxford, Cambridge, Bleinheim, la course de chevaux à Newmarket, Epsom, Tunbridge, Bath, &c. IV. Le prix des fiacres, bâteaux, &c. Le prix des chevaux de postes, avec la route de Londres à Douvre & Harwich..
Joseph Pote (1704-1787)
Category
Books
Date
1740
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 3074357
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, 215, [9] p. ; 12mo. 'Springhill' in pencil to flyleaf. Provenance: inscribed at head of title: 'E. Mountjoy'. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sheep, double gilt filleted border, spine with five raised bands, ruled gilt, and handwritten paper label, blind roll at board edges, speckled red textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Joseph Pote (1704-1787) John Jollyffe John Carter (fl.18th century)