Lot 123
£252
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
and a Portion of the Adjoining Counties. [London]: by the Surveyors of His Majesty's Ordnance under the Direction of Lt. Col. Mudge of the Royal Artillery, F.R.S., [1805]. First edition, large engraved map, 122 x 183cm, divided into 32 sections and laid on linen, light toning, a hint of offsetting, housed in contemporary straight-grain red morocco bookform pull-off case (rubbed);
together with 4 books on Essex (including Philip Morant, A New and Complete History of Essex, Chelmsford, 1770-2, volumes 1-3 and 5-6 of 6 only, with numerous engraved plates; Thomas Wright, The History ... of ... Essex, c.1840, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved plates by W. H. Bartlett)
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Mudge's map of Essex was the second Ordnance Survey map to be published, after Kent in 1801.