Title / Subject: Strip map showing the route through part of East Scotland, Huntingdonshire and Lincolnshire

Date: 1785

Size: The printed area on each side 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’.

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 (79 & 80) - Linton, Edinburgh

Side 2 (81 & 82) - Stilton, Peterborough, Bourn

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. Please study all the photographs carefully to fully appreciate the condition.

Ref: #04708