KITCHIN, Thomas Kitchin's Post-Chaise Companion, though England and Wales;
KITCHIN, Thomas Kitchin's Post-Chaise Companion, though England and Wales;

Kitchin’s strip road atlas of England and Wales

By KITCHIN, Thomas , 1767

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Kitchin's Post-Chaise Companion, though England and Wales;

containing All the Ancient and New Roads...

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KITCHIN, Thomas
London,
Printed for John Bowles, Carington Bowles, and Robert Sayer,
1767
Oblong 4to (200 by 250mm), title, 103 engraved road strip maps, printed on recto and verso, later panelled calf, rubbed.
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First edition of this early English road atlas.

The scroll-form strip maps show the highways and major roads. A great deal of information is included on the maps including mileages, local details, directions, with cross-references to tables. The maps were first published by John Senex in 1719, for the new work Kitchin has reworked the plates adding new information. ...

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