Taylor & Skinner's Survey and Maps of the Roads of North Britain or Scotland


London, published for the authors, 20th March 1776

1st edition. landscape folio [52x21cm].

in good, restored condition, complete with all 61 road maps and the map of Scotland. 

The map of Scotland has been mounted on thick paper. The title-page has been mounted on thin paper, with professional bookbinder's repairs, and slight loss to the word 'Scotland'. 

The first map sheet has been mounted on thin paper and all the subsequent sheets have been mounted on paper stubs, a few with repairs to the foot of the sheet. 

The work has been rebound in an attractive quarter morocco leather binding and contained in a cloth bound slip-case, the cloth a little discoloured. 

there is heavy staining to a preliminary blank leaf, verso of title-page and reverse side of the folding map, otherwise in good clean condition, though a little musty. Small historical society stamp to front and rear end-papers.

The binding and paper conservation work has been professionally  executed.

This book is being sold on behalf of the Largs & District Museum & Historical Society, as instructed by the Board of Trustees