Greenwood’s large-scale map of Wiltshire

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Map of the County of Wilts, from an Actual Survey made in the Years 1819 & 1820.

GREENWOOD, Christopher
London,
Christopher & John Greenwood,
Dec. 12th 1820.
Engraved map in fine original full-wash colour, dissected and mounted on linen, in tanned calf pull-off slipcase, spine gilt, with green morocco label lettered in gilt.
1470 by 1150mm (57.75 by 45.25 inches).
11867

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The maps by Christopher and John Greenwood set new standards for large-scale surveys. Although they were unsuccessful in their stated aim to map all the counties of England and Wales it is probably no coincidence that of the ones they missed, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Oxfordshire, all except Cambridgeshire were mapped by Andrew Bryant in a similar style and at the same period. From a technical point of view the Greenwoods' pr...

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bibliography:

E.M. Roger, The Large Scale County Maps of the British Isles 1596-1850 (Oxford, 1970).