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51. 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

52. Remarks made in a tour from London to the lakes of Westmoreland and Cumberland in the summer of M.DCC.XCI. Originally published in the Whitehall Evening Post, and now reprinted with additions and corrections. To which is annexed, A sketch of the police, religion, arts, and agriculture of France, made in an excursion to Paris in M.DCC.LXXXV. By A. Walker, ...

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Creator:
Walker, A. (Adam), 1730 or 31–1821
Date:
M,DCC,XCII [1792]
Physical Description:
[6], 251 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. A topographical survey of the great road from London to Bath and Bristol : with historical and descriptive accounts of the country, towns, villages, and gentlemen's seats on and adjacent to it : illustrated by perspective views of the most select and picturesque scenery : to which is added a correct map of the country three miles on each side of the road, planned from a scale of one inch to a mile / by Archibald Robertson.

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Creator:
Robertson, Archibald, ca. 1745–1813
Date:
1792
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. 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 ... / by Daniel Paterson ...

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
1792
Physical Description:
[4], 216 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : made in the year 1776, on several parts of Great Britain : particularly the High-lands of Scotland ... / by William Gilpin ...

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1792
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. 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:
1792
Physical Description:
xxxvi p., 372 columns, 373-386 p., [2] leaves of plates : 1 map ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. 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

58. 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

59. 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

60. 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:
1796
Physical Description:
xxxv, [1] p., 390 columns, 391-406 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : 1 map ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. 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

62. 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:
1798
Physical Description:
xvi, 359, [1] p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. 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:
1799
Physical Description:
xvi p., 702 columns, [1], 704-759, lxii p., [2] leaves of plates : 1 map ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. A companion in a tour round Southampton : comprehending various particulars ancient and modern, of New Forest, Lymington, Christchurch, Romsey, Bishop's Waltham, Titchfield, &c., and a tour of the Isle of Wight : with notices of the villages, gentlemen's seats, curiosities, antiquities, &c. occuring in the different roads described.

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Creator:
Bullar, John
Date:
1799
Physical Description:
viii, 9-250, [10] p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. 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

66. The roads of Great Britain / by William Faden ...

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Creator:
Faden, William, 1749–1836
Date:
1800
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 75 x 61 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. 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

68. 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

69. Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland : in a series of letters, addressed to a large number of intelligent and respectable friends / by Mr. Dibdin.

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Creator:
Dibdin, Charles, 1745–1814
Date:
[1801-1802]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. 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

71. Excursions from Bath. By the Revd. Richard Warner ...

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Creator:
Warner, Richard, 1763–1857
Date:
1801
Physical Description:
1 p. ., 346 p., 1 leaf. ill. (maps) 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. 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

73. The imperial guide : with picturesque plans of the great post roads, containing miniatures likenesses, engraved from real sketches of the cities, towns, villages, seas, islands, mountains, public edifices, and private buildings ... / by J. Baker.

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Creator:
Baker, James, topographer
Date:
1802
Physical Description:
iv, 66, [36] p. : ill. maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. 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

75. 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

76. Wallis's pocket itinerary : being a new and accurate guide to all the principal direct and cross roads throughout England, Wales, & Scotland : ... the whole presenting to the travellor every information ... : illustrated with accurate maps of the roads of England and Scotland.

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Date:
1803
Physical Description:
iv, [5]-14, [2]-432, [55] p., [2] folded leaves of plates, : maps ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. 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

78. 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

79. 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

80. Journal of a tour through north and south Wales, the Isle of Man, &c. ...

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Creator:
Rutland, John Henry Manners, Duke of, 1778–1857
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[8], 389, [2] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. The juvenile tourist: or, excursions through various parts of the island of Great-Britain; : including the west of England, midland counties, and the whole county of Kent; ... In a series of letters to a pupil. ... / By John Evans, ...

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Creator:
Evans, John, 1767–1827
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[3]-xi, [1], 475, [7] p., [25] leaves of plates (some folding) : ill., port., maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Journal of a tour round the southern coasts of England ...

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Creator:
Rutland, John Henry Manners, Duke of, 1778–1857
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[8], 229, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. 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

84. 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

85. 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

86. 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

87. 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

88. 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 Frances Freeling by Lieutenant-Colonel Paterson ...

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
viii, 64, [1], [ix]-xvi, 527, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. Observations on several parts of Great Britain, particularly the High-lands of Scotland, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1776 ... By William Gilpin ...

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
2 v. 40 plates (incl. diagr., 5 plans) 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. Journal of a tour through Wales, the lakes in Lancashire, Westmoreland & Cumberland, Edinburgh, and manufacturing towns in England in the year 1808.

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Date:
1808 August 10-September 26
Physical Description:
1 volume (178 pages) : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. 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

92. Journal of a tour to the western counties of England : performed in the summer of 1807 / by the author of a tour in Ireland.

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Creator:
Twiss, Richard, 1747–1821
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
32 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. 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

94. A visit to London : containing a description of the principal curiosities in the British metropolis / by S.W. ; with six copper plates.

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Creator:
S. W., active 1801–1820?
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
2, 196 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. Beauties of antiquity, or, Remnants of feudal splendor and monastic times / by J. Hassell ; engraved in aquatinta.

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Creator:
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Date:
1807 [i.e. 1810]
Physical Description:
104 p., [52] leaves of plates : ill. , 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. 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

97. 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

98. 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

99. Journal of a tour to the northern parts of Great Britain ...

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Creator:
Rutland, John Henry Manners, Duke of, 1778–1857
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
[4], 300 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. 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