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Playford, John. Vade mecum, or The necessary companion : containing, 1. Sir S. Morland's Perpetual almanack, readily shewing the day of the month, and moveable feasts and terms, for any year past, present, or to come, curiously graved in copper; with many useful tables proper thereto. 2. The years of each king's reign from the Norman conquest compar'd with the years of Christ 3. Directions for every month in the year, what is to be done in the orchard, kitchin, and flower-gardens. 4. The reduction of weights, measures, and coins, wherein is a table of the assize of bread. 5. A table wherein any number of farthings, half-pence, pence, or shillings, are ready cast up; of great use to all traders. 6. The interest and rebate of money; the forbearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities. 7. The rates of post-letters, both inland and outland. 8. The principal roads of England, shewing the distance of one town from another in measured and computed miles, and the distance of each from London; also the market-towns on each road, with the days of the week the markets are kept on; as likewise the hundred and county each town stands in. 9. The names of the counties, cities, and borough-towns in England and Wales, with the number of knights, citizens, and burgesses chosen therein to serve in Parliament. 10. The usual and authorized rates or fares of coachmen, carmen, and watermen

Creator
Playford, John, 1623-1686?
Date
1683
Media Format
Printed text
Location
London England
Reference ID
266578
Caption
London : Printed for J[ohn]. P[layford]. and sold by Thomas Passinger at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge, 1683 The 3rd ed., much enlarged
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Ogilby, John. Britannia depicta, or, Ogilby improv'd Being a Correct Coppy [sic] of Mr. Ogilby's Actual Survey of all ye Direct & Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales: Wherein are exactly Delineated & Engraven, All ye cities, towns, villages, churches, seats &c. scituate on or near the Roads, with their respective Distances in Measured and Computed Miles. And to render this Work universally Usefull & agreeable, [beyond any of it's kind] are added in a clear and most Compendious Method. 1. A full & particular Description & Account of all the Cities, Borough-Towns, Towns-Corporate &c. their Arms, Antiquity, Charters, Priveleges, Trade, Rarities, &c. with suitable Remarks on all places of Note drawn from the best Historians and Antiquaries By Ino. Owen ... Lastly Particular & Correct Maps of all ye Counties of South Britain, with a Summary description of each County ... by Eman. Bowen Engraver

Creator
Ogilby, John, 1600-1676
Date
1751
Media Format
Image
Location
London England
Reference ID
264709
Caption
[London] : Printed & sold by Tho. Bowles ..., 1751 The 4th ed
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