Lincolnshire – Bryant’s large scale map of Lincolnshire
Map of the County of Lincolnshire
from Actual Survey By A. Bryant, In the Years 1825-26 & 1827. Respectfully Dedicated to the Nobility, Clergy & Gentry, of the County.
London,
Published by A. Bryant, 27, Great Ormund Street,
April 19th, 1828.
Large-scale engraved map, fine original hand-colour, dissected and mounted on linen, in two sections, key to map lower left, view of Lincoln Cathedral lower right, edged in green silk, with some loss of silk, housed in calf pull-off slipcase, lettered in gilt.
2210 by 1660mm (87 by 65.25 inches).
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Bryant's large scale map of Lincolnshire.
Between 1822 and 1835 Andrew Bryant surveyed thirteen English counties, much in the manner of the Greenwood brothers though without the latters' extreme detail. With their swash lettering, vignette views and meticulous engraving there was a great similarity about their respective output. Of the six counties covered by both cartographers, in five instances they were both working in the field at the same time; even with the...
Between 1822 and 1835 Andrew Bryant surveyed thirteen English counties, much in the manner of the Greenwood brothers though without the latters' extreme detail. With their swash lettering, vignette views and meticulous engraving there was a great similarity about their respective output. Of the six counties covered by both cartographers, in five instances they were both working in the field at the same time; even with the...
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Rodger 277.
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