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The preface states that the plates were intended for a French edition. Thomas Jefferys had died by 1775 and the work was published by Sayer & Bennett. Provenance: private English collection. Bennett (1996) pp. 72-4; Carroll App. 13; Chubb 144; Fordham p. 29; Shirley BL T.Say 3a; Smith, David ‘Road Map Confusion Revisited’, in Journal of the International Map Collectors’ Society nos. 45 & 47.
JEFFERYS, Thomas
Jefferys's Itinerary; or Travellers Companion through England, Wales, and Part of Scotland ...
Sayer and Bennett, London, 1775
Oblong quarto (195 x 260 mm.), modern quarter calf, marbled boards. With engraved title page and 104 numbered road strips printed back to back, 16 page index to places named. With contemporary ink smudges to title, light soiling to edges, otherwise fine.
Stock number: 1795
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