The New
British Traveller,
or,
Modern Panorama
of
England and Wales :
exhibiting, at one comprehensive view,
an ample, accurate, and popular account,
Historical, Topographical, and Statistical,
of this most important portion of
The British Empire,
descriptive of
its several counties, cities, towns, and other subdivisions; their situation,
extent, climate, soil, and productions, natural and artificial;
improvement and present state of
the arts, sciences, manufactures,
agriculture, commerce, population, and society,
 forming a complete survey of
South Britain,
comprising authentic information on every subject of a local or general nature,
and interspersed with
biographical particulars of eminent and remarkable persons.
 by James Dugdale, LL. D.
 illustrated by a complete set of correct maps, views of public buildings,
antiquities, &c. &c.
London :
Printed and published by J. Robins and Co.,
Albion Press, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row
1819.

Selling here is a four volume set of James Dugdale's 'The New British Traveller....', printed in London, 1819.

4to, four volumes uniformly bound in period black half morocco over marbled paper covered boards, both boards to volumes one, three and four detached, both boards to volume two held by the cords, spines ornately gilt decorated lettered and with red morocco labels, all page edges speckled red. Period plain endpapers, upper fe removed from volume four.

The book measures 22cm by 27cm.

The contents have been bound without the plates called for on list but including 44 maps as below. Meeting collations:

Volume one without a letterpress titlepage, meeting collation: liv, 5-628pp, with an engraved frontispiece showing Britannia with a lion, and ships in the background., added engraved titlepage, one further engraved titlepage, one large folding map and seven further engraved maps.

Volume two without a letterpress titlepage, meeting collation: 3-606pp, with eight maps.

Volume three with a letterpress titlepage with imprint: London : Printed by and for John Cundee, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row. Meeting collation: [2], 736pp, with ten engraved maps.

Volume four with a added engraved titlepage, letterpress titlepage with imprint: London : Printed and published by J. Robins and Co., Albion Press, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row.  Meeting collation: 789, [3]pp, including index and plate list, with a final page of advertisements. With eighteen engraved maps. 

FOR SALE WITHOUT RESERVE.

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Condition: Bindings variously broken as noted above, spine vol 1 torn across, some general wear and scuffing with abrasion to spine ends/edges. Some early and final leaves with the detached boards, a few tears at inner edges were meeting the block. Contents generally in good condition as seen, some age toning and foxing, the latter more notable round the maps. 
 

FOR SALE AS A COLLECTION OF MAPS WITHOUT RESERVE.

THIS SET WEIGHS APPROX 9KG PACKED. Please study the pictures carefully and feel free to ask any questions.