Title / Subject: Strip map showing the route through part of Suffolk and Essex
Date: 1785
Size: The map area on each side of the sheet measures approximately 85mm x 160mm with margins beyond, and is uncoloured as published. Suitable for mounting and framing.
Description: An original antique, copper-engraved map by Capt. Daniel Paterson, published in 1785 by Carrington Bowles in ‘Paterson’s BRITISH ITINERARY being a new and accurate Delineation and Description of the Direct and Principal Cross Roads of Great Britain’, Vol 2.
The sheet is printed on both sides, each with two numbered strips showing the route with settlements and topographical features. Some notable places on the routes are as follows:
Side 1 (strips 127 & 128) - Manningtree, Harwich, Chelmsford, Braintree
Side 2 (strips 129 & 130) - Halstead, Sudbury, Bury St Edmunds
Cartographer / Engraver: Daniel Paterson.
Provenance: 'Paterson's British Itinerary, Being A New and Accurate Delineation and Description of the Direct and Principal Cross Roads of Great Britain', Vol 2, London, 1785
Condition: Very good condition; light age toning. Slightly uneven edge of the sheet where it was bound into the source publication, well away from the printed area. Please study all the photographs carefully to fully appreciate the condition.
Ref: #03620