A large scale map of Sussex in fine colour

A superbly detailed wall map of Sussex, marking wards, rapes, hundreds, parishes, towns, villages, turnpike roads, toll-bars, cross-roads, churches, castles, chapels, wind and water mills, heaths, commons and canals. Bottom left is a finely-engraved view of Chichester Cathedral. Christopher Greenwood, later joined by his brother John, mapped all but five of the English counties in unprecedented detail, publishing their maps between 1817 and 1834, just as the age of the railway was beginning. The brothers ceased their work because of competition from the Ordnance Survey, but later issued a complete large-format atlas of county maps. The bookplate is probably that of William Clegram (1784-1863), a civil engineer who worked on two major Sussex projects: Shorham Harbour (1817-25) and Brighton Chain Pier (1823).