The Traveller's Oracle; or, Maxims for Locomotion: containing precepts for promoting the pleasures and hints for preserving the health of travellers. Part i, comprising estimates of the expenses of travelling on foot - on horseback - in stage - in post chaises - and in private carriage, with seven songs, for one, two, and three voices, composed by William Kitchiner. Part ii, comprising the horse and carriage keeper's oracle; rules for purchasing and keeping or jobbing horses and carriages; estimates of expenses occasioned thereby; and an easy plan for ascertaining every hackney-coach fare. By John Jervis, an old coachman. The whole revised by William Kitchiner

Kitchiner, William M.D.

Published by Henry Colburn, 1827

About this Item

2 volumes, First edition, original boards, , edges rubbed, uncut, , top margin of first few pages, repaired, ppviii 264pp, viii + 336 +1pp advert, , clean copies.

Seller Inventory # 021366

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Traveller's Oracle; or, Maxims for Locomotion: containing precepts for promoting the pleasures and hints for preserving the health of travellers. Part i, comprising estimates of the expenses of travelling on foot - on horseback - in stage - in post chaises - and in private carriage, with seven songs, for one, two, and three voices, composed by William Kitchiner. Part ii, comprising the horse and carriage keeper's oracle; rules for purchasing and keeping or jobbing horses and carriages; ...
• Publisher: Henry Colburn
• Publication Date: 1827
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good