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Mr. Philip D. Burden
P.O. Box 863,
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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 the Principal Cross Roads in Great Britain …
T. Carnan, London, 1776
Duodecimo (185 x 125 mm.), original quarter calf and marbled boards, raised bands and blind tooling on spine, gilt title on red calf label. Engraved general map of England and Wales, title, dedication , 4 pp. preface, index to the roads from London 14 pp. Index to the Cross Roads 6 pp. Index to the Roads of Scotland 3 pp. Great and Direct Roads 119 pp. Also lists Cross Roads and the Direct and Principal Cross Roads of Scotland. Overall very good condition.
Stock number: 1798
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