£200
Cartography - Paterson (Daniel, Esq., Assistant Quarter Master General of His Majesty's Forces), Paterson's British Itinerary, Being A New and accurate Delineation and Descriptions of the Direct, and Principal Cross Roads of Great Britain, revised second edition, two-volume set, London: Printed for the Proprietors, Bowles & Carver [...], 1803, pp: [2] (blank), two-fold map, [2], xxxv, [1] (blank), 340 parallel road maps, 341-403, [5] (blanks); [6] (blanks), [2], [1] (blank), 46 parallel road maps, 450-663, [2] (blank), volume II flyleaf with an interesting 19th century ink MS note on travel between Lichfield and Worcester, 20th century red morocco binding by Graham Bloodworth, Leicester, his ticket, the covers with a blind-ruled fillet, six-compartment spine of raised bands, gilt-lettered pieces in the second and fourth compartments, contemporary yellow-stained edges, marbled endpapers, custom built slipcase en suite, 8vo, [2]
Provenance: Colonel Henry Bromley (d. 1836), of Abberley Lodge (later Hall), Worcestershire, former MP for Worcester at the 1806 election until his resignation the following year rather than defend an allegation of bribery from his defeated candidate. His Plain Armorial bookplates are preserved on each pastedown.
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