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A Book of the Names of all the Parishes, Market Towns, Villages, Hamlets and smallest Places, in England and Wales, London: by M[atthew] S[immons] for Thomas Jenner, 1662. 4° (179 x 135mm.), 37 engraved maps in the text by Jacob van Langeren giving road distances, 4 folding engraved tables, 3 with inset maps, engraved text on A2 signed on recto by van Langeren (the tables laid down on old paper and attached to inner margin of the subsequent leaf, A2 torn at head with slight loss of text on verso, some headlines shaved). A popular travellers' guide which first appeared in 1635 under the title A Direction for the English Traviller. Chubb L; Skelton 70; Wing B3717A. [Bound with:]
LE PETIT, Jean François (b. 1546, d. after 1615). The Low-Country Common-Wealth contayninge an exact description of the eight United Provinces now made free, translated by Edward Grimeston, [London]: by G. Eld, 1609. 4°, engraved title (waterstaining at beginning and end, occasional soiling). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, originally published at Dordrecht in 1601. STC 15485.
2 works in one volume, contemporary sheep, sides pannelled in blind, gilt decorated spine (joints rubbed and split at head).
LE PETIT, Jean François (b. 1546, d. after 1615). The Low-Country Common-Wealth contayninge an exact description of the eight United Provinces now made free, translated by Edward Grimeston, [London]: by G. Eld, 1609. 4°, engraved title (waterstaining at beginning and end, occasional soiling). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, originally published at Dordrecht in 1601. STC 15485.
2 works in one volume, contemporary sheep, sides pannelled in blind, gilt decorated spine (joints rubbed and split at head).
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