1760 · London
by Dyche, Thomas, & William Pardon
London: printed for Catherine and Richard Ware, at the Biblke and Sun, on Ludgate-Hill, 1760. 8vo, pp. [16] & unpaginated lexicon in double column; contemporary full calf, gilt fillets on otherwise unadorned spine; spine ends chipped, extremities rubbed, hinges cracked, a gathering or two extended; a good copy. Incorporating the names and descriptions of hundreds of English and Welsh towns, with their market-days, government, manufactures, distances from London, etc. It was partially due to this gazetteer-like entry that the work remained popular with the public. Alston V, 155 (the first of two issues).
(Inventory #: 31076)
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