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The fashionable court guide,, or town visiting directory, for the year 1793, considerably enlarged, and carefully corrected. With the addition of near one thousand measured hackney coach fares. Also the respectable hotels at the West-end of the town

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1793]
Call number: 422147
Creator: Boyle, P (-1808?)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (12mo)
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