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St Pancras
London,
Edward Stanford,
1906
Lithographed map in four sheets with contemporary hand-colour in part and in outline, each sheet, laid down on linen in 21 sections, housed in red cloth slipcase with publisher's label.
1155 by 3132mm (45.5 by 123.25 inches).
11445
notes:
A map of the parish of Saint Pancras, with a bucolic title cartouche surrounded by trees and ponds. Bodies of water are marked in blue, public buildings in pink, offices and workshops in yellow, and streets in orange. Houses are marked with their numbers, and the land is divided into holdings and marked with their names and acreage.
The label on the slipcase identifies it as a copy of John Tompson's survey of the parish, commissioned by the select vestry in 1796...
The label on the slipcase identifies it as a copy of John Tompson's survey of the parish, commissioned by the select vestry in 1796...
bibliography:
BL 4145.(8.) [earlier edition]
