Published by Longman, Rees, Orme [et al.], n.d., London, 1829
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Thick 8vo, pp. 6, *6, [7]-82, 715; large folding frontispiece map and 10 maps on 7 folding plates at the back; bound with: Appendix to the eighteenth edition, [London, 1828], pp. iv, [2], 44; frontispiece map; original green cloth, rebacked with original printed paper label laid down; ex-MHS with perforated stamp at the bottom of the title page (not touching the imprint), and the MHS bookplate marked withdrawn. Originally published as A New and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in Great Britain in 1771 (later, Paterson's British Itinerary); this is the final revision of the book, published successively in 1826, 1828, and in undated issues in 1829 and 1832. This is the largest and most complete text. For a good history of this famous guide book see Herbert Fordham's article in the Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, The Library, Vol. 5, 1924-5, pp. 333ff.