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    Reference 3959 (2221)
    Category Maps;
    Author Greenwood, C. & J. (Joshua Kneale, Engraver)
    Title Map of London from An Actual Survey made in the Years 1824, 1825, and 1826 by C & J. Greenwood..., Extended and Comprising the various improvements to 1830
    Publishing Information London:Greenwood, August 1830
    Description Full Title: Map of London made from an actual survey made in the years 1824, 1825 & 1826 by C & J. Greenwood, Extended and Comprising the various improvements to 1830. Humbly Dedicated to His Most Gracious Majesty King William Fourth By the Proprietors Greenwood & Co., 31st August 1830. Scale 8 inches to 1 mile. Map measures 1865mm x 1240mm. (Overall 1890mm x 1285mm) In original slip case. Two large vignettes of Westminster and St. Paul's Cathedrals in the lower corners, title in the upper-right containing a dedication to King William IV. Slip case worn, part of spine label missing. Slight wear to rear map papers and binding strip,overall still in very nice condition.Large engraved hand-coloured folding map, dissected and backed onto linen, with calligraphic cartouche and table of explanation and engraved views of St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. The plan, which was finely engraved by James and Josiah Neele, is stylistically similar to the Ordnance Survey maps of the time, although it was engraved on a much larger scale of 8 inches to the mile, compared to the OS one inch to the mile. It includes detailed depictions of streets, houses, public buildings, parks, squares, woods, plantations, rivers, hills, windmills; also the marking of the boundaries of the City of London, Westminster, Southwark, Rules of the King's Bench & Fleet Prison, Clink Liberty, counties and parishes. Below the plan is a dedication to George IV, which is flanked by views of Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral. The maps by Christopher and John Greenwood set new standards for large-scale surveys.
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