A four-sheet map of Georgian Stirlingshire

GRASSOM, John.

To the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the County of Stirling, this Map from Actual Survey, is Most Respectfully Dedicated...
Stirling: Grassom, 1817. Folding map, dissected and laid on linen in four sections, edged with green silk, total if joined 1180 x 1820mm, in slipcase with James Wyld's label.

Some slight discolouration at folds, slipcase scuffed.

A scarce large-scale map of Stirlingshire, on a scale of 1.5 inches to a mile, engraved by J. & G. Menzies. Grassom, a local surveyor, also surveyed the town of Stirling. His plan appeared on John Thomson's map of the county, the accuracy of which Grassom also 'attested'.


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