Lot 60
Cross (Joseph) Cross's New Plan of London, engraved map, 1841; and 3 other folding maps of London (4)
Hammer Price: £950
Description
Cross (Joseph) Cross's New Plan of London, showing from Canonbury to Camberwell, and from Hyde Park to East India Dock, showing outline of Paddington Station, engraved map with vibrant original hand-colouring, 660 x 1100 mm (26 x 39 1/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, scattered spotting and browning, minor surface dirt, folding with later blue paper ends, lacking slip-case, [Howgego no. 317, an unrecorded variant state between (8) and (9)], 8vo, 1841; and 3 other folding maps of London, including a good copy of 'Davies's New Map of the British Metropolis', c.1853, with early hand-colouring, Davie's 'Post Office London Directory 1858', William Faden's 'The Country Twenty-Five Miles Round London', 1796 (4)
Description
Cross (Joseph) Cross's New Plan of London, showing from Canonbury to Camberwell, and from Hyde Park to East India Dock, showing outline of Paddington Station, engraved map with vibrant original hand-colouring, 660 x 1100 mm (26 x 39 1/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, scattered spotting and browning, minor surface dirt, folding with later blue paper ends, lacking slip-case, [Howgego no. 317, an unrecorded variant state between (8) and (9)], 8vo, 1841; and 3 other folding maps of London, including a good copy of 'Davies's New Map of the British Metropolis', c.1853, with early hand-colouring, Davie's 'Post Office London Directory 1858', William Faden's 'The Country Twenty-Five Miles Round London', 1796 (4)