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Mr. Philip D. Burden
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UNITED KINGDOM
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Daniel Paterson was commissioned in the Army in 1765 and served in the Quartermaster General’s department until 1812. He was Assistant Quartermaster General for the last eight years of his service. He then became Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec. The first edition of Paterson’s ‘Roads’ appeared in 1771 and went through 14 editions by 1808 by which time it had been eclipsed by John Cary’s ‘New Itinerary’. The book is reminiscent of John Ogilby, but his is a new work in which road-maps are combined with itineraries and an index of country seats. In addition Paterson was among the first to include any sheets for Scotland. Provenance: private English collection. Bennett (1996) pp. 68-71; Carroll Appendix 15.
PATERSON, Daniel
A New and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales …
London, 1786
Duodecimo (170 x 120 mm.), modern quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt tooling to spine and slightly raised bands. Engraved general map of England and Wales, engraved title page, dedication, preface 4pp, Index to the Roads from London 16 pp. Index to the Cross Roads 8 pp. Great and Direct Roads 142 pp. Index to the Country Seats 9 pp. Generally clean with only minor toning at the edges of the pages.
Stock number: 1801
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