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Cary (John), Cary's Pocket Companion to the Roads of Great Britian shewing all the post & market towns with the days prefixed on which they are held and the exact distances from the metropolis, 1791, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of Scotland, additional title in French above map, 560 x 460 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase, slight wear to extremities, with, Rocque (John), The Traveller's Companion or the post roads of England and Wales with the distances in measured miles..., published Laurie & Whittle, 1794, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 535 x 525 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with publisher's printed label to upper board, worn and frayed, plus Sayer (Robert), A new Map of the Roads of England and Scotland with the distances in measured miles from place to place..., 1789, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of 'Continuation of the roads of Scotland' 745 x 590 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with publisher's printed label to upper board, and Faden (William, publisher), A New Map of England, Wales & Scotland describing all the direct and principal cross roads in Great Britain with the distances measured between the market towns and from London to accompany Paterson's Book of the Roads, 1801, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of Scotland, slight overall toning, 730 x 610 mm, contained in a contemporary card slipcase, heavily worn and frayed, with Merian (Matthaus), Magnae Britanniae et Hibernia Tabulae, circa 1650, hand coloured engraved map, inset map of the Orkney Islands, some marginal repaired closed tears, the whole backed with archival paper, 270 x 355 mm, together with De Lisle (Guillaume), Cartes des Isles Britanniques..., circa 1720, hand coloured engraved map, old folds, trimmed to neatline along right hand vertical margin, 400 x 355 mm (6)