Edward Mogg

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Mogg's Handbook for Railway Travellers, 1840

Edward Mogg was a publisher in London in the 19th century. [1] He issued maps and travel guides to London and other localities in England and Wales. [2] Mogg's publications appear in works of fiction such as Robert Smith Surtees' Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour and Shirley Brooks' The Naggletons. [3] [4]

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Survey of the high roads of England and Wales Survey of the high roads of England and Wales - part the first comprising the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex (etc.), planned on a scale of one inch to the mile ... accompanied by indexes, (14598450210).jpg
Survey of the high roads of England and Wales

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References

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  2. "Guide Books: Road Books, &c.", The Bookseller, London, 3 July 1872, Edward Mogg, of cab-fare fame
  3. Surtees, Robert Smith (1852), Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Ltd., OCLC   2938627, OL   23320811M
  4. Shirley Brooks (1875), The Naggletons, and Miss Violet and her 'offers'
  5. 1 2 Robert Watt (1824), Bibliotheca Britannica, Edinburgh
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  9. "Mogg's Ten Thousand Cab Fares (advert)", The Athenaeum, 15 September 1849