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101. Cary's Traveller's companion, or, A delineation of the turnpike roads of England and Wales : shewing the immediate route to every market and borough town throughout the kingdom, laid down from the best authorities on a new set of county maps : to which is added an alphabetical list of all the market towns with the days on which they are held.

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Creator:
Cary, John, approximately 1754–1835
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([3], [43] leaves (one folded), [16] p.) : 43 maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

102. London : what to see, and how to see it : with numerous illustrations.

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Date:
1857
Physical Description:
208 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

103. A guide to all the watering and sea-bathing places : with a description of the lakes, a sketch of a tour in Wales, and itineraries illustrated with maps and views .../ by the editor of The picture of London.

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Creator:
Feltham, John
Date:
[1803]
Physical Description:
iv, 450 p., [52] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

104. The journey from Chester to London / by Thomas Pennant ...

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Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
1783
Physical Description:
[2], ii, 468, [6] p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

105. The watering places of Great Britain and fashionable directory : illustrated with views.

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Date:
1831
Physical Description:
[2], 216, 48 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

106. London exhibited in 1851 : elucidating its natural and physical characteristics, its antiquity and architecture : its arts, manufactures, trade, and organization : its social, literary, and scientific institutions : and its numerous galleries of fine art : with 205 illustrations, executed by Mr. Robert Branston, Mr. O. Jewitt, Mr. J.R. Jobbins, and others : including a newly-constructed map, engraved by Mr. Wilson Lowry.

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Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
910, [2] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

107. A tour through the whole island of Great Britain; divided into journeys. : Interspersed with useful observations; particularly calculated for the use of those who are desirous of travelling over England and Scotland. / By the Rev. C. Cruttwell, ...

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Creator:
Cruttwell, Clement, 1743–1808
Date:
1801
Physical Description:
6 v., [2] colored and folding leaves of plates : maps ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

108. The exhibition and grand London sights.

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Date:
[1856]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

109. Paterson's roads : being an entirely original and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales, with part of the roads of Scotland ...

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
82, 715, 44 p., [10] folded leaves of plates) : maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

110. An historical account of Mr. Brome's three years travels over England, Scotland and Wales. : Giving a true and exact description of the chiefest cities, towns, and corporations; together with the antiquities of divers other places ...

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Creator:
Brome, James, -1719
Date:
1700
Physical Description:
[12], 51, [1], 55-287, [9] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

111. Home and country scenes on each side of the London and Birmingham and Grand junction railways. With steel plates, and numerous wood engravings.

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Creator:
Roscoe, Thomas, 1791–1871
Date:
n.d.]
Physical Description:
1 p.., 104 p., 1 leaf, 136 p. front., ill., plates. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

112. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in Great Britain ... / by Daniel Paterson ...

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
1771
Physical Description:
xxiv p., 154 columns, [1] p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

113. Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawing by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, &c. / with descriptions by T. Rose.

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Creator:
Rose, Thomas, topographer
Date:
[1835?]
Physical Description:
220 p., [107] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

114. Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1828 & 1829; : with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distinguished public characters. In a series of letters. / By a German prince.

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Creator:
Pückler-Muskau, Hermann, Fürst von, 1785–1871
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
4 v., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

115. 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 ...

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Creator:
Cary, John, approximately 1754–1835
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
[52] p., 124 columns, [90] p., 912 columns, 913-991, [1] p., [7] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

116. Journal of a tour and residence in Great Britain during the years 1810 and 1811 / by a French traveller; with remarks on the country, its arts, literature, and politics, and on the manners and customs of its inhabitants.

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Creator:
Simond, L. (Louis), 1767–1831
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

117. The British metropolis in 1851 : a classified guide to London, so arranged as to show, in separate chapters, every object in London interesting to special tastes and occupations.

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Date:
1851
Physical Description:
xx, 299, 16, [14] p., [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

118. Britania, or, A geographical description of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the isles and territories thereto belonging : and for the better perfecting of the said work, there is added an alphabetical table of the names, titles, and seats of the nobility and gentry that each county of England and Wales is, or lately was, enobled with : Illustrated with a map of each county of England, besides several general ones : the like never before published.

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Creator:
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Date:
MDCLXXII [1673]
Physical Description:
[14], 464 pages, [63] leaves of plates (50 folded) : coats of arms, maps ; 36 cm (fol. in 4s)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

119. A view of England towards the close of the eighteenth century. By Fred. Aug. Wendeborn, LL. D. Translated from the original German, by the author himself.

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Creator:
Wendeborn, Gebhard Friedrich August, 1742–1811
Date:
1791
Physical Description:
2 v. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

120. A tour through the northern counties of England, and the borders of Scotland. / By the Revd. Richard Warner ...

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Creator:
Warner, Richard, 1763–1857
Date:
1802
Physical Description:
2 v., [2] leaves of plates (some folded): ill., maps; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

121. A sporting tour through the northern parts of England, and great part of the highlands of Scotland; including remarks on English and Scottish landscape, and general observations on the state of society and manners. Embelished with sixteen engravings, by Messrs. Medland, Pouncy, Landseer, Peltro, etc. from paintings made on purpose, by Mr. Garrard. By Colonel T. Thornton...

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Creator:
Thornton, Thomas, 1751 or 2–1823
Date:
1804
Physical Description:
14 p.l., 312 p., 2 l. : front., plates ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

122. Excursions in Kent, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, and Somersetshire, made in the years 1802, 1803, and 1805 : illustrated by descriptive sketches of the most interesting places and buildings in those counties and delineations of character in different ranks of life / by J.P. Malcolm ...

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Creator:
Malcolm, James Peller, 1767–1815
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[2], iv, [5]-285 p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

123. An American four-in-hand in Britain / by Andrew Carnegie.

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Creator:
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835–1919
Date:
1883
Physical Description:
338 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

124. Proposals for publishing a picturesque voyage round Great Britain : illustrated with coloured engravings by William Daniell : to commence with a picturesque voyage from Land's End, towards Anglesea.

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Creator:
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([2] pages) ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

125. Proof prints for A voyage round Great Britain.

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Creator:
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
Date:
1822-1823
Physical Description:
2 v. ([84], [84] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 24 x 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

126. Lettres sur l'Angleterre, ou, Voyage dans la Grande Bretagne en 1829 / par u. le Vicomte Walsh.

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Creator:
Walsh, Joseph-Alexis, vicomte, 1782–1860
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
viii, 496 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

127. Notes on visits to various country houses and towns in Great Britain.

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Creator:
Kerr, Mary, active 1789–1826
Date:
1789-1826
Physical Description:
1 v. ([4], 19, [1], 83 p., with blanks) ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

128. Observations on the western parts of England :, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : to which are added, a few remarks on the picturesque beauties of the Isle of Wight / by William Gilpin.

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
xvi, 359, [1] p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

129. Voyage en Angleterre, pendant les années 1810 et 1811; avec des observations sur l'état politique et moral, les arts et la littérature de ce pays, et sur les moeurs et les usages de ces habitans; par Ls Simond ...

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Creator:
Simond, L. (Louis), 1767–1831
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts., illus., plates, plans, tables. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

130. The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine : presenting an exact geography of the kingdomes of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the iles adioyning : with the shires, hundreds, cities and shire-townes within [the] kingdome of England, divided and described by Iohn Speed.

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Creator:
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
Date:
[1650]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([16], 5-8, 146 [i.e. 280], [10] pages) : illustrations, maps ; 45 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

131. Bridging the gap : bridges / Peter Ashley.

Bridging the gap : bridges / Peter Ashley.
Creator:
Ashley, Peter, 1948–
Date:
[2001]
Physical Description:
79, [1] pages : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

132. Remarks touching geography especially that of the British Isles, comprising strictures on the hierarchy of Great Britain / by Mela Britannicus ...

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Creator:
Kelsall, Charles
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
[2], 145 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

133. Excursions of pleasure and sports on the Thames, illustrated in a series of engravings in aqua-tinta, coloured after nature, accompanied by a descriptive and historical account of every town, village, mansion, and the adjacent country on the banks of that river; the places and periods for enjoying the sports of angling, shooting, sailing, &c. Also a particular account of all places of amusement in its vicinity, and the list of inns and taverns for the accommodation of company. By J. Hassell ...

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Creator:
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
2 p.., 191, iii p. 24 col. pl. (incl. front.) 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

134. A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain. : Divided into circuits or journeys. Giving a particular and entertaining account of whatever is curious, and worth observation ... Interspersed with useful observations. Particularly fitted for the perusal of such as desire to travel over the island. / By a gentleman.

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Creator:
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
Date:
M.DCC.LIII [1753]
Physical Description:
4 v. : facsimiles ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

135. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales ... / by Daniel Paterson ...

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
1781
Physical Description:
viii, xxiv p., 266 columns, [2] leaves of plates : 1 map ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

136. Ancient castles of England and Wales / engraved by W. Woolnoth, from original drawings by the most eminent artists ; with historical descriptions by E.W. Brayley, Jun.

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Creator:
Woolnoth, W. (William)
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

137. The new picture of London : being a complete guide & hand-book to all that can amuse, interest, and instruct in this vast metropolis : and a useful and entertaining companion to the exhibitions and public buildings, sights and amusements, for the stranger, resident, and visitor.

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Date:
[1841]
Physical Description:
xii, 276 p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

138. Kidd's new guide to the "lions" of London, or, The stranger's directory to the Tower, ST. Paul's, the parks, the theatres, the bazaars, the diorama, the colosseum, Thames tunnel, the Zoological gardens, Regent's park, the Surrey zoological gardens, Westminster abbey, etc. etc. : with numerous illustrations of the different places and objects, designed and engraved by G.W. Bonner.

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Creator:
Kidd, William, 1803–1867
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
70, 8 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

139. The ruined abbeys of the border : extracted from "The ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain" / by William Howitt ; with photographic illustrations by Wilson and Thompson.

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Creator:
Howitt, William, 1792–1879
Date:
1865
Physical Description:
[4], 70, [2] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

140. The British monarchy, or, A new chorographical description of all the dominions subject to the King of Great Britain : comprehending the British Isles, the American colonies, the electoral states, the African and Indian settlemts. : and enlarging more particularly on the respective counties of England and Wales ... / the whole illustrated with suitable maps and tables ... and engraved by George Bickham.

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Creator:
Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
Date:
1749
Physical Description:
188, [45] leaves (one folded) : ill., maps ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

141. A picturesque guide to Bath, Bristol Hot-Wells, the river Avon, and the adjacent country / illustrated with a set of views, taken in the summer of 1792 by Mess. Ibbetson, Laporte, and J. Hassell, and engraved in aquatinta.

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Creator:
Ibbetson, Julius, 1759–1817
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
[4], 266, [2] p., [16] leaves of plates : ills. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

142. A geological map of England & Wales / by G.B. Greenough ... ; drawn by T. Webster ; engraved by S. Neele & Son.

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Creator:
Greenough, George Bellas, 1778–1855
Date:
November 1st, 1819 [that is, 1820]
Physical Description:
1 map on 6 sheets : hand-colored ; 185 x 162 cm, sheets 65 x 79 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

143. The Thames, or, Graphic illustrations of seats, villas, public buildings, & picturesque scenery on the banks of that noble river ... / the engravings executed by William Bernard Cooke from original drawings by Samuel Owen ...

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Creator:
Cooke, William Bernard, 1778–1855
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

144. The British tourists, or, Traveller's pocket companion through England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland : comprehending the most celebrated tours in the British Islands / by William Mavor ...

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Creator:
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837
Date:
1800
Physical Description:
6 v. : maps ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

145. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales, and part of the roads of Scotland ... / the whole greatly augmented and improved by the assistance of Francis Freeling ... ; by Lietuenant-Colonel Paterson ...

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
xvi, 68, 540 p., [8] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

146. Observations on several parts of the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. Also on several parts of North Wales; relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, in two tours, the former made in the year 1769. The latter in the year 1773. By William Gilpin ...

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
x p., 1 leaf, 208 p. 20 col. plates. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

147. The historic lands of England / by J. Bernard Burke.

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Creator:
Burke, Bernard, 1814–1892
Date:
1848-49
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

148. Travels of Cosmo the Third, Grand Duke of Tuscany, through England during the reign of King Charles the Second (1669). Translated from the Italian manuscript in the Laurentian Library at Florence. To which is prefixed, a memoir of his life. Illustrated with a portrait of His Highness, and thirty-nine views of the metropolis, cities, towns, and noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, as delineated at that period by artists in the suite of Cosmo.

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Creator:
Magalotti, Lorenzo, conte, 1637–1712
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
2 p.l., 506 p., 2 leaves. front. (port.) 39 plates (1 fold.) 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

149. Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828, and 1829. : With remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distinguished public characters. In a series of letters. / By a German prince.

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Creator:
Pückler-Muskau, Hermann, Fürst von, 1785–1871
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
xvi, 499 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

150. Magna Britannia : being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain / by ... Daniel Lysons ... and Samuel Lysons ...

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Creator:
Lysons, Daniel, 1762–1834
Date:
1806-1822
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

151. Cary's Traveller's companion, or, A delineation of the turnpike roads of England and Wales : Shewing the immediate route to every market and borough town throughout the kingdom, laid down from the best authorities on a new set of county maps : to which is added an alphabetical list of all the market towns with the days on which they are held.

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Creator:
Cary, John, approximately 1754–1835
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([3], [43] leaves (one folded), [16] p.) ; 43 maps ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

152. Hand-book of London : past and present / by Peter Cunningham.

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Creator:
Cunningham, Peter, 1816–1869
Date:
1850
Physical Description:
liv, 602 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

153. Britannia, or, A chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent : from the earliest antiquity / by William Camden ; translated from the edition published by the author in MCDVII ; enlarged by the latest discoveries, by Richard Gough.

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Creator:
Camden, William, 1551–1623
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations, maps, plans, portrait, genealogical table ; 45 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

154. Travels in England, Scotland, and the Hebrides; undertaken for the purpose of examining the state of the arts, the sciences, natural history and manners, in Great Britain. Translated from the French of B. Faujas Saint-Fond.

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Creator:
Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741–1819
Date:
1799
Physical Description:
2 v. front., pl. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

155. Observations relative chiefly to the natural history, picturesque scenery, and antiquities of the western counties of England, made in the years 1794 and 1796 ... : illustrated by a mineralogical map, and sixteen views in aquatinta by Alken / by William George Maton ...

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Creator:
Maton, William George, 1774–1835
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

156. A geological map of England & Wales / by G.B. Greenough ... ; drawn by T. Webster ; engraved by S. Neele & Son.

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Creator:
Greenough, George Bellas, 1778–1855
Date:
November 1st, 1819 [that is, 1820]
Physical Description:
1 map on 4 sheets : hand-colored, mounted on linen ; 192 x 162 cm, sheets 96 x 81 cm, folded to 32 x 27 cm, in portfolio 36 x 28 cm + 1 book ([2], 17, [1] pages ; 33 cm)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

157. A walk through some of the western counties of England / by the Revd. Richard Warner ...

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Creator:
Warner, Richard, 1763–1857
Date:
1800
Physical Description:
[iii]-vi, 222 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., maps. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

158. The roads through England delineated, or, Ogilby's survey / revised, improved, and reduced to a size portable for the pocket by John Senex ; being an actual survey of all the principal roads of England and Wales, distinctly laid down on one hundred and one copper plates on which are delineated all the cities, towns, villages, hills, rivers, brooks, churches, capital seats, and every place worthy of note throughout each road ; with the addition of some roads newly drawn, which were omitted by Mr. Ogilby ...

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Creator:
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([10], [1], 101 p.) : 102 maps ; 19 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

159. The mansions of England and Wales : illustrated in a series of views of the principal seats with historical and topographical descriptions by Edward Twycross ...

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Creator:
Twycross, Edward
Date:
1847-1850
Physical Description:
5 v. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

160. Three successive tours in the north of England, and great part of Scotland : interspersed with descriptions of the scenes they presented and occasional observations on the state of society, and the manners and customs of the people / by Henry Skrine ...

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Creator:
Skrine, Henry, 1755–1803
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
7, [1], xxvii, [3], 164 p. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

161. An excursion from Sidmouth to Chester, in the summer of 1803. In a series of letters to a lady. Including sketches of the principal towns and villages in the counties of Devon, Somerset, Gloucester, Monmouth, Hereford, Salop, Derby, Stafford, Warwick, and Worcester .. By the Rev. Edmund Butcher ...

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Creator:
Butcher, Edmund, 1757–1822
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
2 v. front. (v. 1) 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

162. A tour in Wales, and through several counties of England, including both the universities, performed in the summer of 1805.

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Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[3]-182, [2] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

163. Multum in parvo. Fashionable tours, from London, to the pleasant parts of Lancashire, Yorkshire, Westmoreland, Cumberland, & c. & c. and the northern coast of Wales, as far as Holyhead. The whole embellished with from three to four hundred engraved miniature sketches ...

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Creator:
Baker, James, topographer
Date:
1802
Physical Description:
1 p.., 27 p. 9 col. plates. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

164. Notes sur mon voyage en Angleterre (Ier) et ... en Irelande et Ecosse : du 3 juin 1835 au 9 aout.

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Creator:
Lefort, Pierre Alexandre Francisque, 1809–1878
Date:
1835, June 3-1851, September 12
Physical Description:
1 v. (86, [28] p.) ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

165. Sailing directions from Point Lynas to Liverpool : with charts, coast-views, river-sections, tidal courses and tide gauge table, for navigating the Dee and Mersey, including the latest alterations / by Commander H.M. Denham ...

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Creator:
Denham, H. M. (Henry Mangles), Sir, 1800–1887
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
[2], xx, [2], 169, 26 p., [24] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

166. Rutgeri Hermannidæ Britannia magna, sive Angliæ, Scottiæ, Hiberniæ & adjacentium insularum : geographico-historica descriptio.

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Creator:
Hermannides, Rutgerus, d. 1680
Date:
[1661]
Physical Description:
[32], 645, [41] p., [32] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps, plans ; 13 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

167. Picturesque sketches of London : past and present / by Thomas Miller ; with numerous engravings of churches, public buildings, antiquities, street views, &c.

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Creator:
Miller, Thomas, 1807–1874
Date:
[1852]
Physical Description:
306, [2] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

168. A tour to the Highlands of Scotland, & the Isle of Staffa, with a short description of the lakes of Windermere & Derwentwater.

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Creator:
Steade, Charles
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
1 v. ([5], 214, [4] p., [40] leaves of plates, [2] folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

169. England displayed : being a new, complete, and accurate survey and description of the kingdom of England, and principality of Wales... / by a society of gentlemen ... ; the particulars respecting England revised, corrected, and improved, by P. Russell ... and those relating to Wales, by Mr. Owen Price.

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Date:
1769
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

170. A journal of eight days journey from Portsmouth to Kingston upon Thames : through Southampton, Wiltshire, &c. : with miscellaneous thoughts, moral and religious ; in sixty-four letters addressed to two ladies of the partie : to which is added an essay on tea, considered as pernicious to health, obstructing industry, and impoverishing the nation ..., with thirty-two letters to two ladies ... / by Mr. H*****.

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Creator:
Hanway, Jonas, 1712–1786
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

171. Routledge's guide to London and its suburbs : comprising description of all its points of interest : with original illustrations, a map, and index.

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Date:
[1871]
Physical Description:
xvi, 202 p., [17] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

172. Index villaris, or, An exact register, alphabetically digested, of all the cities, market-towns, parishes, villages, ... the bishopricks, deanries [sic], churches, chapels, hospitals : with the rectories and vicarages in England and Wales, ... the private seats of the king, nobility and gentry, the number of Parliament men sent by cities or burroughs, the inns of court, colleges, inns of chancery, or other societies ... : hereto is added a perfect catalogue of the nobility of England and Wales, to the present time, Feb. 20 1700, with their respective seats and the counties wherein they are situate.

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Creator:
Adams, Mr. (John), -1738
Date:
1700
Physical Description:
[8], 420 [i.e. 416] p. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

173. Guide du voyageur à Londres et dans ses environs : précédé d'un itinéraire topographique des diverses routes de Paris à Londres : et comprenant, 1 ̊une notice détaillée de Londres ... 2 ̊l'indication complète des hôtels, messageries, voitures de cette capitale, 3 ̊toutes les lignes de chemins de fer ... / par Lake ; revu et corrigé par Richard.

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Creator:
Lake, J. W
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
563 p., [5] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., col. maps ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

174. Prospects and observations on a tour in England and Scotland : natural, œconomical, and literary / by Thomas Newte ...

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Creator:
Thomson, William, 1746–1817
Date:
1791
Physical Description:
viii, 440 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

175. A tour through parts of England, Scotland, and Wales, in 1778. : In a series of letters. / By Richard Joseph Sulivan ...

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Creator:
Sulivan, Richard Joseph, Sir, 1752–1806
Date:
MDCC.LXXXV [1785]
Physical Description:
2 v. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

176. Paterson's roads : being an entirely original and accurate description of all direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales, with part of the roads of Scotland.

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
xvi, 672 p., [9] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

177. Les délices de la Grand' Bretagne, & de l'Irelande : où sont exactement décrites les antiquitez, les provinces, les villes ..., la réligion, les moeurs des habitans, leurs jeux, leurs divertissemens, & généralement tout ce qu'il y a de plus considerable à remarquer / par James Beeverell ...

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Creator:
Beeverell, James
Date:
1707
Physical Description:
8 v. in 9 (1506 p.) : ill., maps, plans, geneal. tables ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

178. A journey from London to the Isle of Wight. / By Thomas Pennant ...

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Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
1801
Physical Description:
2 v., 49 leaves of plates (some double, folding, and colored): ill., maps, ports.; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

179. A travelling dictionary, or, Alphabetical tables of the distance of all the principal cities, borough, market, and sea-port towns in Great Britain from each other ... : the whole being a second part to the New and accurate description of the roads / by Daniel Paterson ...

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
1773
Physical Description:
179 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

180. The tourist's grammar, or, Rules relating to the scenery and antiquities incident to travellers : compiled from the first authorities and including an epitome of Gilpin's principles of the picturesque / by the Rev. T.D. Fosbroke ...

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Creator:
Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770–1842
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
cvi, 230 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

181. Leigh's guide to Wales & Monmouthshire : containing observations on the mode of travelling, plans of various tours, sketches of the manners and customs, notices of historical events, a description of every remarkable plance, and a minute account of the the Wye : illustrated with a map of Wales, and views of the Menai and Conway bridges.

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Creator:
Leigh, Samuel
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
xii, 364 p., [2] leaves of plates : 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

182. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in Great Britain ... / by Daniel Paterson.

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
1772
Physical Description:
viii, xx p., 184 columns, [2] leaves of plates : 1 map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

183. Curiosities of Great Britain. England & Wales delineated : historical entertaining & commercial. Alphabetically arranged / By Thomas Dugdale ... Assisted by William Burnett ...

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Creator:
Dugdale, Thomas
Date:
[ca. 1854]
Physical Description:
8 v. (1586) p., [232] leaves of plates (some double) : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

184. The panorama of London, or, Visitor's guide / by T. Allen ; with numerous engravings.

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Creator:
Allen, Thomas, 1803–1833
Date:
1828]
Physical Description:
318 p., [32] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., map ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

185. Sketchbooks.

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Creator:
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Date:
1866-1900
Physical Description:
5 sketchbooks ; 18 x 26 cm, and smaller
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

186. Home sketches and foreign recollections / by Lady Chatterton ...

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Creator:
Chatterton, Georgiana, Lady, 1806–1876
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
3 v : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

187. A topographical survey of the counties of Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall, commonly called the Western circuit. Containing an accurate and comprehensive description of all the principal direct and cross roads in each respective county ... By William Tunnicliffe ...

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Creator:
Tunnicliff, William
Date:
1791
Physical Description:
xi, 256 p. coats of arms, 7 fold. col. maps (incl. front.) 6 fold. tables. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

188. Magnae Britanniae Notitia: or, The present state of Great Britain; with diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof. / By John Chamberlayne, ...

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Creator:
Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616–1703
Date:
MDCCXLV [1745]
Physical Description:
[14], 440, 292, 70 p., [1] leaf of plates : ports. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

189. Britannica curiosa, or, A description of the most remarkable curiosities, natural and artificial, of the island of Great Britain : in the several counties, cities, towns, villages, &c. : the principal seats of the nobility and gentry, public buildings, places of resort and entertainment... : illustrated with copper plates.

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Date:
1776
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

190. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales, and part of the roads of Scotland ... / the whole greatly augmented and improved by the assistance of Francis Freeling ... ; by Lieutenant-Colonel Paterson ...

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
[4], xxviii p., cxxviii, 840 columns, 841-916 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

191. A tour through the south of England, Wales, and part of Ireland, made during the summer of 1791.

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Creator:
Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769–1822
Date:
MDCCXCIII [1793]
Physical Description:
xxx, [2], 403, [1] pages, [12] leaves of plates : engravings ; 22 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

192. Policronicon.

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Creator:
Higden, Ranulf, -1364
Date:
ended the thyrtenth daye of Apryll the tenth yere of the regne of kyng Harry the seuenth. And of the incarnacyon of our lord: MCCCC lxxxxv [13 April 1495]
Physical Description:
[50], CCCxxxvi, CCCxxxvi-CCCxlvi, [1] leaves : illustrations, music ; 28 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

193. A collection of plans of the principal cities of Great Britain and Ireland : with maps of the coast of the said kingdoms / drawn from the most accurate surveys ; in particular, those taken by the late Mr. J. Rocque ...

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Date:
[1764]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([3], [22], [18] leaves) : 22 maps, 18 plans (some folded) ; 13 x 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

194. Stanfield's Coast scenery : a series of picturesque views in the British channel and on the coast of France ... / by Clarkson Stanfield ...

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Creator:
Stanfield, Clarkson, 1793–1867
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
viii, 128 p., [40] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

195. The English counties delineated, or, A topographical description of England : illustrated by a map of London, and a complete series of county maps / by Thomas Moule ...

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Creator:
Moule, Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

196. A handbook for London : past and present / by Peter Cunningham.

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Creator:
Cunningham, Peter, 1816–1869
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
2 volumes (933 pages) : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott Wilcox.