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BOWLES, Carington.

Bowles's Correct Guide through England and Wales,

Bowles's Correct Guide through England and Wales,

comprehending all the great and principal cross roads, with the distances on each in measured miles.

Stock Code 116740

London, Printed for the proprietors, Bowles and Carver, 1795

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A charming eighteenth-century folding pocket map showing England and Wales' principal roads with distances between towns marked in miles, the historical counties outlined in contemporary hand-colour.

Folding engraved map of England and Wales (57.5 x 50.5 cm open); contemporary hand-colour; dissected into 16 parts and laid onto linen as issued; contemporary ownership inscription in pen to linen verso, scale: 6 cm : 50 miles; extending from Berwick upon Tweed in the North, to Lizard Point in the South, and from St. David's in the West to Southwold in the East, engraved cartouche with publisher's information; housed in original marbled slipcase with publisher's printed title-label and advertisements to rear; a little worn to edges, a few small stains, otherwise in a very good condition.

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Provenance: C. King's (ownership inscription).

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