Upper & Lower Canada: by "Smith, Charles": Antique Maps

Upper & Lower Canada

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by:: "Smith, Charles"
Description:: "Steel engraving with original hand colouring.Overall size :61.5cms.x 41.1cms. Map size : 575mm.x 367mm. Centre fold as published. Faint handling marks to margins, minor ink spotting to upper left corner, otherwise vg. condition.Charles Smith was a stationer, map and globe-seller at 172, The Strand, London from about 1800. Between 1827 and 1852 the business was carried on by Charles Smith & Son and from 1853, by William Smith. A large number of well engraved maps were published, including An Actual Survey of the Roads from London to Brighthelmstone, 1800 ; a New English Atlas, of which several editions were issued from 1804 to about 1846 ; a New Pocket Companion of the Roads of England and Wales, 1826 and a fine plan of the City of Bristol, 1839. Charles Smith’s maps are very distinctive, characterised by their lucid, fine engraving and vibrant colour washes making them both attractive and informative."
Publisher:: Charles Smith & Sons
Published Date:: 1842
MostlyMaps ID:: 42025
Price :: £140.00

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