Ventes live - Lot 592
[Atlas - British Isles]
Cary's Actual Survey of the Country Fifteen Miles round London.
London, J. Cary, 1786
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Description du lot
8vo: [6]-50 pl.-[32] pp., part. coloured (sl. browned).
Contemp. 3/4 sheep, mottled paper borders (used).
One of the 1st major publications by J. Cary, considered to be the founder of modern English mapmaking. Incl. a double-page general map and 50 engraved maps.
Ref. Howgego, J.L.- Printed Maps of London, 183(1).
Joined: The excursionist's map of the environs of London. London, J. Betts, s.d. Lith., 30 x 40,5 cm (tears). (2 pcs)