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Cary 1784
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 Road book, the Great Post Roads between London and Falmouth, by A Arrowsmith, 1782, published by John Cary, Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1784.
The book has - frontispiece, a general map of the road; title page; and 50 strip maps.
The plates that concern Hampshire are numbers 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 31, 32, and 33; documented separately.
inscription:-  embossed -on- spine CARY'S / POST / ROADS
inscription:-  printed -on- title page CARY'S / ACTUAL SURVEY, / OF THE / Great Post Roads / between / LONDON AND FALMOUTH. / including / A BRANCH to WEYMOUTH. / as well as / Those from Salisbury to Axminster, either / thro' Dorchester or Sherborne; / Those from Basingstoke to Salisbury. either / thro' Popham Lane or Andover; / and / Those from Exeter to Truro, either / thro' Plymouth or Launceston, / Wherein every Gentleman's Seat, Village, Town, &c. / within sight of the Road, is laid down, the principal / Inns on the Road expressed, and the exact Distances / ascertained. / By A. ARROWSMITH LAND SURVEYOR. / 1782 / LONDON: / Printed for J. CARY, Map, Print, and Chart-seller, the Corner of / Arundel Street, Strand, April 4, 1784. / Price 6s. -- above the head of Mercury, and leaves; below two cherubs, one with a waywiser, the other writing in a notebok, redsting on a globe, an obelisk behind
map type:-  HantsMap -- Cary 1784
dimension:-  wxh = 9.5x16.5cm
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MN: 27.8.2003
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