Bryant’s large-scale map of Gloucestershire

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Map of the County Gloucester

From actual Survey by A. Bryant in the Years 1823 & 1824....

BRYANT, Andrew
London,
Published by A. Bryant, 27, Great Ormond Street,
November 1st, 1824.
Large engraved map, dissected and mounted on linen, in two sections, fine original full-wash colour, edged in green silk, housed in original calf pull-off slipcase, gilt, spin gilt, titled in gilt.
1910 by 1800mm (75.25 by 70.75 inches).
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Between 1822 and 1835 Andrew Bryant surveyed thirteen English counties, much in the manner of the Greenwood brothers, though without the latters' extreme detail. With their swash lettering, vignette views and meticulous engraving there was a great similarity about their respective output. Of the six counties covered by both cartographers, in five instances they were both working in the field at the same time, even with the much talked about animosity between the Greenwoods ...

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