The Foreigner's Guide: Or, a necessary and instructive Companion. Both for the Foreigner and Native, in their Tour through the Cities of London and Westminster. Le Guide des Étrangers: ou le Compagnon. Néccessaire & instructif à L Étranger & au Naturel du Pays, En faisant le Tour des Villes des Londres, et de Westminster.

POTE, Joseph

Published by London Printed and sold by H. Kent. T. Hope. J. Joliffe and T. Pote 1763

About this Item

Scarce. States: Fourth edition, revised and improved with many necessary additions to the present year. Full leather hardback. Raised bands to spine. Parallel text in English and French. Front board a little loose at base but still holding firm. Leather shows signs of handling. Internally, the pages are age toned, but clean. One gather feels a little loose at the base - presumably due to front board being slightly loose. Overall a good and rare item. vii, table, 227, [1] pages. 175 x 115 mm (7 x 4½ inches). Pote was an Eton school housemaster and bookseller. "Jos[eph] Pote of Eton, a man of great renown, / Buys a book for sixpence, and sells it for a crown" (from ODNB). .

Seller Inventory # 4019

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Foreigner's Guide: Or, a necessary and instructive Companion. Both for the Foreigner and Native, in their Tour through the Cities of London and Westminster. Le Guide des Étrangers: ou le Compagnon. Néccessaire & instructif à L Étranger & au Naturel du Pays, En faisant le Tour des Villes des Londres, et de Westminster.
• Publisher: London Printed and sold by H. Kent. T. Hope. J. Joliffe and T. Pote 1763
• Binding: Hardcover