Cheshire by G Cole / J Roper

Code: 52333

Author: G Cole / J Roper

Publisher: Nightingale: British Topography

Date published: 1850 circa

Copper engraved map woth original and later hand colouring. Overall size, hinged in off white fully conservation mount and backing with decorative v groove: 37.6cms x 34cms. Image size: 220mm x 182mm. The map has a compass indicator, a list of the Hundreds, and an Explanation key listing the symbols for villages, turnpikes, Mail Coach roads Roman stations, etc. North Eastern Division and South Western Division labelled. Two folds as issued else very good condition G.Cole, the cartographer and J.Roper, the engraver together produced a finely engraved series of county maps and town plans which were issued in parts between 1804 and 1810. The maps were based on the work of John Cary and Charles Smith and were some of the last maps to be published before the arrival of the railways.