The Imperial Guide, with Picturesque Plans of the Great Post Roads.....

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London to Holyhead ONLY In modern quarter blue buckram oe marbled boards, gilt title on black calf to spine (Picturesque Plans), Internally, vignette half title, [1], 2-10 pp, only, 12 plates (includes 5 strip maps, coloured, 5 views, tinted), 1 vignette - lady with shield, and 1 additional strip map, loose, coloured), LACKS the title page, the Address to the public leaf, modern endpapers, possible authors signature to ffep, the plates are watermarked J Whatman 1794, the views are not dated, the strip maps are dated 1799 & 98, the possible J Baker signature dated Dec 15th 1800 is on J Whatman paper watermarked 1794. (223*141 mm). Baker was notoriously haphazard, and it is very rare to find complete titles or even parts. half speckled 'calf cloth' over red marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt titles to red & black gilt decorated morocco labels. Internally, [3], (iv) only, followed by 18 pls (strip maps dated 1800, 1801 & 2, depicting towns & country seats - of 21? see Smith and Webb)). [1], 2-10, [1], 12-27, [1]. WITH; Multum in Parvo, 1802, [3], 28-66 pp, new endpapers, 1 small repaired marginal tear (p21), tissue guards to most strips, edges not trimmed. (226*140 mm). Very Uncommon, and most often never complete! 0