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Code: 43399
Author: Pigot, James
Publisher: British Atlas
Date published: 1832
Steel engraving with original outline colouring. Overall size : 29cms x 40.9cms. Engraved size: 225mm x 350mm. Explanatory Notes denoting symbols for Mail roads, Turnpike roads,cross roads, rail roads, rivers, canals, number of members of parliament returned by each Borough etc and Reference to the 4 Hundreds ; vignette of Godmanchester Church. Minor marks in margin only otherwise superb, crisp example. Unfolded with wide margins. Sold with relevant page of text. One of the first series of maps to be engraved on steel plates, allowing for finer and greater detail.