A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain. Divided into circuites or journeys. Giving a particular and entertaining accout of Whatever is curious and worth observation; viz. I. A Description of the Principal Cities and Towns, their Situation, Government, and Commerce. II. The Customs, Manners, Exercises, Diversions, and Employment of the People. III. The Produce and Improvement of the Lands, the Trade, and Manufactures. IV. The Sea Ports and Fortifications, the Course of Rivers, and the Inland Navigation. V. The Public Edifices, Seats and Palaces of the Nobility and Gentry. VI. The Isles of Wight, Portland, Jersey, Guernsey, and the other English and Scotish Isles of most Note. Interspersed with Useful Observations. Particularly fitted for the Perusal of such as desire to Travel over the Island. By a gentleman. The Fourth Edition. With very great Additions, Improvements, and Corrections; which bring it down to the Year 1748. In Four Volumes. With a Copious Index to each Volume. ...

  • Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
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M.DCC.XLVIII. [1748]
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London : printed for S. Birt, T. Osborne, D. Browne, J. Hodges, J. Osborn, A. Millar, and J. Robinson, M.DCC.XLVIII. [1748]

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4v. ; 120.

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The fourth edition. With very great additions, .. which bring it down to the year 1748. ..

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ESTC T70852
Moore, 459-461

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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