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A scarce large-scale map of Surrey in fine colour

BRYANT, Andrew.

Map of the County of Surrey from actual Survey by A. Bryant, in the years 1822 and 1823. Inscribed by Permission to the R.t Honb.le The Lord Viscount Midleton Lord Lieutenant, and to the Nobility, Clergy and Gentry, of the County.
London: Bryant, 1823. Superb original body colour. Printed on four sheets, dissected and laid on linen in four sections as issued, each sheet 680 x 820mm, total if joined 1320 x 1590mm. With original red morocco gilt slipcase.

A little ink offset, old ink mss. ownership inscription on linen of one sheet, slipcase slightly worn.

A proof state of this map of Surrey, on a scale of 1œ inches to a mile, one of only thirteen counties surveyed by Bryant between 1822 and 1835.

As the corresponding map by Christopher Greenwood (Bryant's chief competitor) was only 1 inch to the mile, this is the most impressive 19th century map of Surrey.


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Stock Id :21553

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A scarce large-scale map of Surrey in fine colour

BRYANT, Andrew.

Map of the County of Surrey from actual Survey by A. Bryant, in the years 1822 and 1823. Inscribed by Permission to the R.t Honb.le The Lord Viscount Midleton Lord Lieutenant, and to the Nobility, Clergy and Gentry, of the County.
London: Bryant, 1823. Superb original body colour. Printed on four sheets, dissected and laid on linen in four sections as issued, each sheet 680 x 820mm, total if joined 1320 x 1590mm. With original red morocco gilt slipcase.

A little ink offset, old ink mss. ownership inscription on linen of one sheet, slipcase slightly worn.

A proof state of this map of Surrey, on a scale of 1œ inches to a mile, one of only thirteen counties surveyed by Bryant between 1822 and 1835.

As the corresponding map by Christopher Greenwood (Bryant's chief competitor) was only 1 inch to the mile, this is the most impressive 19th century map of Surrey.


Stock ID : 21553

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