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There were curiously no general maps of England and Wales, Scotland or Ireland despite all being in Harrison’s stock. Early copies note the price on the title pages as 3l. 9s. 6d. Clearly it struggled to sell, this example, that in the British Library and Cambridge University Library examples all have an altered price of 3l. 3s. The price came down further for the second edition the following year at 2l. 2s. Apart from the county descriptions there are eight folio pages of tables to be found at the beginning.
Noting the endpaper notations on brick and the inscription on the title, it is worth mentioning that an Edward Oakley (d. in or before 1765) was an architect and builder in London who wrote ‘Every Man a Compleat Builder’, first published in 1766. This might possibly a descendant carrying on the same profession. Provenance: ‘P. Oakley London 1793’ inscribed on the title page; Clive A. Burden Ltd.; private collection. Chubb (1927) 291; Carroll (1996) 52, n. 5; ESTC N33259; Hodson (1974) no. 50; Shirley (2004) refer T.Harr 2a; Tooley’s Dictionary (1999-2004); Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).