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Northamptonshire by James Pigot

£36.00 Approx $45.4, €42.01

Code: 51525



Author: James Pigot

Publisher: Pocket Topography and Gazetteer of England.

Date published: 1842 circa

Miniature map. Steel engraving with original outline colouring and original wash colouring to the border. Overall size in hinged, conservation mount and back with decorative v groove : 26.6cms x 34.3cms. Engraved size: 103mm x 173mm. Explanation key top left to symbols for Mail roads, turnpike Roads, Rail Roads, Rivers, Canals and the Boundary of Counties. Very good condition.Supplied with distance table embellished with vignette. Pigot is known especially for his larger series of maps which were among the first to be engraved on steel plates and so allowing for greater detail. These miniature maps display the same detail and skill and are uncommon.