London in the last year of William IV's reign
MOGG, Edward.
Mogg's Strangers Guide To London. Exhibiting all the various Alterations & Improvements complete to the Present Time.
London, 1836. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen as issued, total 500 x 570mm.
A fine and detailed map of London published the year before Queen Victoria came to the throne, extending North to South from Pentonville to Kennington and East to West from Stepney to Knightsbridge.
Of interest is the addition of the London and Greenwich Railway, the first steam railway to have a terminus in London, London Bridge Station, which opened in December that year. Also Trafalgar Square is marked four years before construction started.
Underneath the map is a 500-point key with references to the grid on the map, which does not include the extension.
Howgego No. 238 (8).
Stock ID : 17893
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London in the last year of William IV's reign
MOGG, Edward.
Mogg's Strangers Guide To London. Exhibiting all the various Alterations & Improvements complete to the Present Time.
London, 1836. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen as issued, total 500 x 570mm.
A fine and detailed map of London published the year before Queen Victoria came to the throne, extending North to South from Pentonville to Kennington and East to West from Stepney to Knightsbridge.
Of interest is the addition of the London and Greenwich Railway, the first steam railway to have a terminus in London, London Bridge Station, which opened in December that year. Also Trafalgar Square is marked four years before construction started.
Underneath the map is a 500-point key with references to the grid on the map, which does not include the extension.
Howgego No. 238 (8).
Stock ID : 17893
SOLD
To see similar items click here