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035 $986-B11495
035 $a(OCoLC)3418610
035 $a78476
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050 0 $aDA620$b.R96
110 2 $aSociety of gentlemen.
245 10 $aEngland displayed :$bbeing a new, complete, and accurate survey and description of the kingdom of England, and principality of Wales /$cby a Society of Gentlemen ; the particulars respecting England revised, corrected and improved by P. Russell, Esq. ; and those relating to Wales by Mr. Owen Price.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for the authors, by Adlard and Browne, Fleet-Street, and sold by S. Bladon, No. 28, T. Evans, No. 54, and J. Coote, no. 16, in Pater-noster Row, W. Domville, and F. Blythe, at the Royal Exchange,$cMDCCLXIX [1769]
300 $a2 v. :$bill., maps ;$c37 cm. (fol.)
500 $aEngraved title vignette; head- and tail-pieces; decorative initials.
505 0 $a(from title-pages) Containing I. A full and ample account of whatever is remarkable in every county, city, town, village, Hamlet and parish in England and Wales. II. Description of the various manufactures and other useful arts established in different parts of this kingdom. III. Accounts of the nature and produce of the various kinds of land, with a complete history of the modern improvements in agriculture, gardening, &c. IV. An historical account of all the forts, castles, Roman military ways, docks, harbours, creeks, bays, &c. with the particulars of their ancient and present state. V. A full description of all the natural and artificial curiosities of this kingdom, such as rocks, mines, caverns, lakes, grottos, fossils, minerals, abbeys, cathedrals, churches, palaces, and the seats of the nobility and gentry. VI. A faithful narrative of all improvements made in the roads, rivers and canals in this kingdom for the convenience of travelling, and the benefit of inland navigation. The whole forming such an accurate and comprehensive account of this country, as has never yet been published, and will be equally entertaining and instructive.
590 $aLibrary's copy bound in one volume in marbled paper-covered boards; leather spine with gilt title; stamp of Frank Simpson on front pastedown; signature of Helen Ann Hughes on verso of frontispiece.
590 $aLibrary's copy imperfect: all plates except frontispiece in v. 1 wanting; v. 2: p. 53-63 and p. 311-314 wanting; p. 147-148 bound before 145-146 and p. 215-216 bound before p. 213-214.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800.
655 7 $aEngravings$zEngland$y18th century.$2aat
700 1 $aPrice, Owen.
700 1 $aRussell, P.
700 1 $aAdlard, William.
700 1 $aBrown, J.,$dactive 1775.
752 $aEngland$dLondon.
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906 1 $aSIMP
909 1 $aAMH
911 1 $aSimpson Collection
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948 $a3418610
981 1 $b1$c05/19/86 REC$dMAIN$eMAIN$f2 v. in 1.
995 $a86-B11495