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Lot 1363
Cary, John. Cary's Six Sheet Map of England and Wales...
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
...with part of Scotland: on which are carefully laid down all the direct and principal cross-roads, the course of the rivers and navigable canals, cities, market and bourrough-towns, the principal villages, parks &c compiled from the most recent surveys (London, 1821), engraving with hand coloring, dissected and mounted to cloth backing for use while traveling. Presented behind glass in a modern wooden frame.

DOA 59 x 47 in.; SS 53 x 42 in.

A very scarce, large and imposing map of late Georgian Britain.

Overall age toning as expected; some sections with edges lifting from the fabric; a quarter-sized ink stain in Devon. Good estate condition.

$800 - 1,200