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1767 An Enquiry into the Means of Preserving and Improving the Publick Roads of this Kingdom
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First Edition, Rebound, Very Scarce
A very scarce first edition.
Drawing on his experience as a magistrate in Warwickshire, Homer examined the deficiencies of the existing parish-based system of road maintenance, particularly criticising the inefficiencies and abuses associated with statute labour.
Rebound in cloth, with endpapers renewed. With the stamp of the Rothamsted Experimental Station to the front pastedown.
ESTC T70423
Advertisement leaf to rear.
Homer’s proposals were influential in the gradual shift towards modern road administration, and his work is often cited by historians as a significant contribution to 18th-century debates on infrastructure reform and the development of transport networks in Britain.
Condition
Rebound in cloth, with endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Stamp to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned due to paper type, with light spotting to title page, otherwise clean and bright.
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