Plate 2, Continued Through Canterbury To St. Nicholas In The Isle Of Thanet [from] The Kentish Traveller’s Companion In A Descriptive View Of The Towns, Villages, Remarkable Buildings And Antiquities Situated On Or Near The Road To Margate, Dover And Canterbury Illustrated With A Correct Map Of The Road On A Scale Of One Inch To A Mile..
Several closed marginal tears and former fold lines.
£30.00
Publisher
[Printed and sold by T Fisher; and Simmons and Kirkby, Canterbury].,
Place
[Rochester and Canterbury]
Date
1776-99.
Item Description
8vo. 11 x 7 inches. Plate 2 (out of 3) only. Copper-engraved strip map in 3 sections, engraved by J. Ellis.
Notes
Published anonymously but known to be by Thomas Fisher (d.1786). The second edition appeared in 1779 in response to the growing numbers of tourists making their way to the Isle of Thanet to indulge in the new fad, 'Sea bathing'. A total of five editions were issued, 1776-99; although it is not known from which the map originated, all the plates were the same. 'This very useful volume '- Smith.
[Stock No. 22405]
