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£ 650.00
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MOGG, Edward
Mogg's Pocket Itinerary, or the Direct and Cross Roads of England and Wales with part of the Roads of Scotland
Imprint: London, 1826
Edition:
First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
Duodecimo (145 x 100 mm.), in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, blind ruled, raised bands to the spine, gilt ruled with gilt calf title label. With engraved title, half title, 12 early wash coloured fine aquatint views and a folding map of England and Wales. vii, 356, 60, (12) pp.
First edition. Edward Mogg began the 'Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales' with a plan to cover all of the countries roads. He declared that it ‘will be divided into three parts for the purpose of rendering it more portable ... The First Part, comprising the Southern Division, will be completed in Fourteen Numbers ...’ Begun in 1814 the first part was completed by 1817. However this was all that was ever published. It covered the southern counties only and included 112 road strips which afford great detail of the surroundings with all country houses noted and their owners named. The 'Pocket Itinerary' offered here was published in 1826 and finally included a survey of the whole country, only it did not include any road strips. Just a general map and a dozen beautifully engraved and hand coloured aquatints. Provenance: private English collection. Fordham (1924) p. 60; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).
Stock number:7299.
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