Date: 1794

Size: the printed area measures approximately 257mm 203mm with margins beyond; blank verso.

Description: an original, antique, hand-coloured, copper-plate engraved map of part of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, from 'Cary's New Map of England and Wales ...'. It has significant detail of place names and roads. (Plate 33)

Cartographer / engraver: John Cary

Provenance: 'Cary's New Map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland. on which are carefully laid down All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers and Navigable Canals, Cities, Market and Borough Towns, Parishes, and most considerable Hamlets, Parks Forests &c &c, Delineated from Actual Surveys and materially assisted from authentic documents liberally supplied by the Right Honourable the Post Masters General', London, 1794

Condition: Very good condition. Original hand colouring. Light age toning. Occasional age / handling marks dust soiling. Please study all the photographs carefully to fully appreciate the condition.

Ref: #06453