A road map of England and Wales
Bowles's New Travelling Map of England and Wales Exhibiting all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads: with the Distances in Measured Miles.
London: Bowles & Carver, c.1800. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, total 605 x 545mm, folded into the original slipcase with title label.
£300.00
Description
A colourful map of the roads of England and Wales, extending into southern Scotland, with Glasgow and Edinburgh, and eastern Ireland, with Belfast, Dublin and Wexford.
Originallly published by Carington Bowles in 1782, the map has a decorative title cartouche featuring a private coach in a rural setting with a windmill.
Condition:
Sea green slightly oxidised.Related products
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