A New & Correct Map of Thirty Miles Round London
Shewing all the Towns, Villages, Roads &c with the Seats of the Nobility & Gentry & whatever else is remarkable: Done from the Best Surveys Together with an Alphabetical Table for the ready find of all the Places contain'd in the Map.
London,
Sold by G. Willdey at ye Corner House in Ludgate Street next St. Pauls,
[c.1720].
Engraved circular map, on two sheets joined, hand-coloured in outline, table of place names to left and right of map, mounted on new linen, some minor loss to old folds, trimmed to upper and lower neatlines.
670 by 1020mm. (26.5 by 40.25 inches).
1856
notes:
The map extends from Wokingham in the west to Rochford in the east, and from Stevenage in the north to Horsham in the south. the map bears grid lines for ease of reference, and a key to the bottom right gives details of towns, market towns, parish churches, gentlemen's houses, castles, windmills, watermills, villages, and hamlets. Surround the map are vignette view of London, upper left, London's commerce, upper right; depictions of Ceres, Hercules, a river god (probably th...
bibliography:
Howgego 69 (1).
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