Linen-backed sectional folding map of north-central Scotland. Sheet 8, revised 1894, published 1905, with railways added 1914.
1/4" : 1 mile scale, 1st edition in colour with shading to elevations. Reproduced from 1" maps 72-74, 82-84, 92-94.
Sheet size 21" x 15"
Map surface is clean and unmarked, however the scale and legend has been cut from the bottom of the map. Price does reflect this damage.
From the National Library of Scotland description:
'These maps at quarter-inch to the mile (1:253,440) were the earliest, coloured sheets by Ordnance Survey at this scale which formed a complete series, covering all of Scotland in 17 sheets, numbered from north to south. Earlier attempts in the late 19th century to create a uncoloured quarter-inch to the mile map had been heavily criticised in terms of low aesthetic quality and poor topographic inaccuracy, based on much earlier mapping. This series was attractively coloured with brown roads and blue water, creating a simple, clear and legible map, even in the hills. Detail was drawn from larger-scale maps, comprehensively revised in the 1890s. The quarter-inch to the mile series provides an overview of significant landscape features, including larger settlements, railways, and roads.'