Lot 267
England & Wales.- Ordnance Survey.- [Ordnance Survey of England and Wales, on the Scale of One Inch to a Mile], 81 of 88 engraved maps & Index, 1805-24
Hammer Price: £2,200
Description
England & Wales.- Ordnance Survey.- [Ordnance Survey of England and Wales, on the Scale of One Inch to a Mile], 81 map sheets only (of 88: lacking 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 87 & 88: Anglesey, Cheshire, N.Derbyshire & S.Yorkshire) and Index sheet in 22 boxes, engravings, each sheet c.650 x 960mm., dissected and mounted on linen edged in blue silk with numbered vellum thumb tabs (one or two missing), with pink diamond paper stickers to versos, occasional soiling, folding into 22 black straight-grain morocco boxes with decorative borders in gilt & blind and pull-off lids, spines titled and numbered in gilt, gold paper edges, a little rubbed and scuffed, some corners damaged, but a handsome set, large 8vo, Lt.Col. Mudge [& Colby], The Tower, 1805-24.
⁂ The maps cover the whole of Southern England and Wales, ending at the River Humber in the north. The Index sheet (dated 1824) extends only to sheet 84 (North Lincolnshire) with 80 & 81 (listed as Northwich and Buxton) appearing blank. This set contains 85 & 86 up to the Humber but lacks 87 & 88 (listed as S.Yorkshire on spine of box).
Description
England & Wales.- Ordnance Survey.- [Ordnance Survey of England and Wales, on the Scale of One Inch to a Mile], 81 map sheets only (of 88: lacking 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 87 & 88: Anglesey, Cheshire, N.Derbyshire & S.Yorkshire) and Index sheet in 22 boxes, engravings, each sheet c.650 x 960mm., dissected and mounted on linen edged in blue silk with numbered vellum thumb tabs (one or two missing), with pink diamond paper stickers to versos, occasional soiling, folding into 22 black straight-grain morocco boxes with decorative borders in gilt & blind and pull-off lids, spines titled and numbered in gilt, gold paper edges, a little rubbed and scuffed, some corners damaged, but a handsome set, large 8vo, Lt.Col. Mudge [& Colby], The Tower, 1805-24.
⁂ The maps cover the whole of Southern England and Wales, ending at the River Humber in the north. The Index sheet (dated 1824) extends only to sheet 84 (North Lincolnshire) with 80 & 81 (listed as Northwich and Buxton) appearing blank. This set contains 85 & 86 up to the Humber but lacks 87 & 88 (listed as S.Yorkshire on spine of box).