Survey of the Country Around London. To the Distance of Thirty-Two Miles from St. Pauls by LINGARD, John

London, c. 1841. Copper engraved folding map of London and environs, 87 x 83 cm, engraved by Alexander Findlay, original hand colour, dissected into 24 panels and laid on linen, somewhat stained on the verso, and folding into original cloth slipcase with publisher’s printed label, somewhat worn. The map extends between Ware and Chatham, Bray and Dorking. The concentric rings mark a radius of 3, 5, 7 and 12 miles from Charings Cross, and can be used in conjunction with the key map and text at the foot to calculate cab fares and postage rates, distances and delivery times. In his carto-bibliography Howgego does not mention that a variant of this map was issued under the imprint of publisher John Lingard, or that it was adapated to calculate cab fares or the twopenny post - that seems to have been Lingard’s idea. However, Howgego does record that a revised version was issued by Laurie in 1841, and in the same year Lingard issued his own versio of Laurie’s map of central London. Internal… Read More