Lot 207
Ordnance Survey.- [Ordnance Survey of England and Wales, on the Scale of One Inch to a Mile], 110 engraved map sheets, [1805-1866]
Hammer Price: £1,100
Description
Ordnance Survey.- [Ordnance Survey of England and Wales, on the Scale of One Inch to a Mile], 111 map sheets numbered 1 to 110 as per the "original" numbering system, with 68 [NE Norfolk] in 2 parts, engravings, many with original hand-coloured county divisions, each sheet approx. 660 x 980 mm (26 x 38 1/2 in), dissected and mounted on linen, bearing the mapseller's red star label of J. Gardner, sole agent, on verso, minor occasional spotting and surface dirt, folding with green morocco gilt numbered thumb tabs, tab to sheet 100 missing, map sheets 97-110 appear to be from a [?]later edition without hand-colouring, all folding without slipcases, 4to, Colonels Mudge, Colby and others, The Tower, circa 1805-90; together with 4 variant summary publications on the Maps, Plans, and Other Publications of the Ordnance Survey, original paper wrappers, 1875, 1890, 1897, and 1903
Description
Ordnance Survey.- [Ordnance Survey of England and Wales, on the Scale of One Inch to a Mile], 111 map sheets numbered 1 to 110 as per the "original" numbering system, with 68 [NE Norfolk] in 2 parts, engravings, many with original hand-coloured county divisions, each sheet approx. 660 x 980 mm (26 x 38 1/2 in), dissected and mounted on linen, bearing the mapseller's red star label of J. Gardner, sole agent, on verso, minor occasional spotting and surface dirt, folding with green morocco gilt numbered thumb tabs, tab to sheet 100 missing, map sheets 97-110 appear to be from a [?]later edition without hand-colouring, all folding without slipcases, 4to, Colonels Mudge, Colby and others, The Tower, circa 1805-90; together with 4 variant summary publications on the Maps, Plans, and Other Publications of the Ordnance Survey, original paper wrappers, 1875, 1890, 1897, and 1903