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London & Edinburgh : A. Fullarton & Co., [ca.1870]. A neatly worked nineteenth-century town-plan of Manchester - extending north to Cheetham, east to Beswick, south to Moss Side, and west to Stretford - on a scale of over two-and-a-half inches to the mile, drawn and engraved by John Bartholomew for an unidentified edition of one of the Fullarton gazetteers.
Lithograph on paper. Original hand colour. Printed surface 238 x 285mm (approx. 9-3/8" x 11-1/4"). Just a hint of tanning to central fold, but overall in very good and clean condition. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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London : Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1807. A neatly worked and detailed town plan of Liverpool as it stood at the beginning of the nineteeth century. Engraved by John Roper (fl.1792-1810) from a draught by G. Cole - probably the surveyor George Cole of Soho. The map is decorated with the town's coat of arms and a vignette view of St. Paul's Church - the latter separately engraved by John Smith from an original study by George Sidney Shepherd (1784-1862). Originally produced to accompany the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (London : 1801-1818).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 235 x 182mm (approx. 9-1/4" x 7-1/4"). Faint original crease, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£100

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[London : George Virtue, 1833 (but later) ]. A fine antique map of the county originally engraved in flamboyant gothic style for the part-work "English Counties Delineated" (London 1830-1837) prepared by the antiquary Thomas Moule (1784-1851). Decorated with coats of arms, a vineleaf patterned border, a vignette of Nelson's Monument in Liverpool, etc. Originally engraved in 1833, the present version, showing some development of the railway system, is dated to about 1842.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 262 x 201mm (approx. 10-3/8" x 8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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London : Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1807. A neatly worked and detailed town plan of Manchester as it stood at the beginning of the nineteeth century. Engraved by John Roper (fl.1792-1810) from a survey by Thornton - presumably the large-scale William Green survey engraved by John Thornton in 1794. The map is decorated with the town's coat of arms and a small inset view of the College Cloisters - the latter separately engraved by Edwards from an original study by George Ormerod (1785-1873). Originally produced to accompany the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (London : 1801-1818).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 204 x 248mm (approx. 8" x 9-3/4"). Faint original crease, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£100

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London : Longman, Orme, Rees & Co., [ca.1860]. A clearly engraved map of the county from the Admiralty engravers John & Charles Walker - on a scale of just over five miles to the inch, particular attention being given to the newly built railways. Originally published in 1835, but here in a later and updated version.
Line engraving on paper, with original hand colour. Engraved surface 396 x 324mm (approx. 15-1/2" x 12-3/4"). Folding into a contemporary glazed paper case with printed label; case a little rubbed, but overall in very good and clean condition for a fragile item.

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