Isle of Wight (England) - Description and travel - Early works to 1800
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The Southampton guide Or, An account of the antient and present state of that town; its trade, public buildings, charitable foundations, fairs, markets, play-house, and assembly-room; with the times of the coming in and going out of stage coaches, machines, carriers, posts, &c. To which is added, a description of the isle of wight, netley abbey, lymington, lyndhurst, redbridge, new forest, romsey, bellvue, bevis-mount, st. dennis, tichfield, &c. interspersed with many curious and useful particulars.
Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- E-books
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The portsmouth guide; or, a description of the ancient and present state of the place; Its Buildings, Charitable Foundations, Fairs, Markets, Play-House and Assembly-Room; With the Times of coming in and going out of Machines, Waggons, Posts, &c. To which is added, some account of the Isle of Wight, a Description of Spithead, the Harbour, the Dock-Yard, Gun-Wharf, Common, Gosport, Haslar Hospital, several of the adjacent Towns, Gentlemen's Seats, &c. &c. Interspersed with many Particulars, Useful, Curious, and Entertaining
Date: [1775]- E-books
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A picture of the Isle of Wight , delineated upon the spot, in the year 1793. By H. P. W.
Wyndham, Henry Penruddocke, 1736-1819.Date: MDCCXCIV. [1794]- E-books
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A tour to the Isle of Wight , illustrated with eighty views, drawn and engraved in aquatinta. By Charles Tomkins. In two volumes.
Tomkins, Charles, 1757-1823.Date: 1796