London and its Environs (Reduced from the Skeleton Plans).
Southampton: Ordnance Map Office, [c.1851]. A very large, large scale, Ordnance Survey outline plan of central London over nine sections, the dimensions of the each part of the plan c.61 x 91 cm (thus c.183 x 273 cm if joined). Scale: 12 inches to one mile. Marbled paper to each of the folded end sections, brief old manuscript titles to both sides of each part, also the respective OS sheet numbers and a sequencing number in the same hand. The parts housed in original browned purple cloth slipcase with old printed catalogue description pasted to one board. Spines and lower edge of slipcase sometime neatly restored, a few marks to boards. The plans in very good condition. The sections are: A.1. St Johns Wood; A.2. Battle Bridge; A.3. Hackney; B.1. Kensington; B.2. Westminster, City &c.; B.3. Docks; C.1. Chelsea; C.2. Kennington; C.3. Old Kent Road. The set comprises sheets 12-14, 19-21 and 26-28 of the overall issue of forty four sheets. Covering the central zone only it is complete in itself, the age of the slipcase and the catalogue slip on the upper board suggesting that it was always thus. Howgego notes that the full version extends from Tottenham down to Tooting and Barking across to Hanwell. The imprints to the plans variously state that the surveys on which they are based commenced in 1848 and were completed in either 1850 or 1851. Being a skeleton map, the plan features only the roads and streets (though also the altitudes), all other extraneous details were excluded. The map was often used for official purposes and, being pared down, could be adapted and embellished to different uses. Howgego, 413. Item #19351
Price: £575.00