Cary's new itinerary; . or, an accurate delineation of the great roads, both direct and cross throughout England and Wales: with many of the principal roads in Scotland. From an actual admeasurement by John Cary: made by command of His Majesty's Postmaster General. For official purposes: under the direction and inspection of Thomas Hasker, ...
John Cary (1754/55 - 1835)
Category
Books
Date
1810
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 3092317
Summary
Bibliographic description
[94] p., 866 cols, 868-936, [12] p., fold. frontis. map . ill., [4] fold. maps, wdcut . 8vo.. Provenance: Pencil itinerary on front pastedown: 'St. Ann's Hotel, Burton / Matlock, Cummins / Derby King's Head / Nottingham Black head / Garth's of Preston / Royal Oak, Chorley / Bridge Inn, Bolton / Star-Inn, Manchester'. - Inscribed in ink on title page: 'Edward Hussey / August 1810'. - Another itinerary on rear free-endpaper in pencil with some calculations, inchoate sketches on rear pastedown. Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf, marbled-paper boards, gold-lettered spine, black spine-labe, gold-lettered.
Makers and roles
John Cary (1754/55 - 1835) Thomas Hasker