Common phrases for travelling

Date Created

1722-23

Identifier

Special Collections de Beer Eb/1722/G

Type

Publisher

[London] : Printed and sold by Tho: Taylor, London

Description

This somewhat battered little book attests to its apparent usefulness for some traveller, though it is difficult to imagine that the blend of scatalogical and salacious dialogue, 'Common Talke in an Inn', could ever have proved useful in any language.

Contributor

Taylor, Thomas, -1737
Buttor, John

Source

The gentlemans pocket companion, for travelling into foreign parts: being a most easy, plain and particular description of the roads from London to all the capital cities in Europe. ... With three dialogues in six European languages. ...

Files

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Citation

“Common phrases for travelling,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed December 22, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/7567.