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Code: 46865
Author: John Cary
Date published: 1787
Copper engraving with original outline colouring. Overall size in off white mount : 35.9cms x 42.4cms. Engraved size: 211mm x 261mm. very good condition. Supplied with leaf of text on the county. John Cary (1754-1835) was a London based cartographer active in the early part of the 19th century. Ronald Vere Tooley, the prominent English map historian, says of Cary, "As an engraver he was elegant and exact with fine clear lettering and great delicacy of touch."" Cary began his work as an engraver