Map of The County of Cambridge from the actual Survey made in the years 1832 & 1833 by C&J Greenwood...Engraved by J&C Walker April 1st 1834

Cartographer : - Greenwood, Christopher 1786-1855;

  • Date: - 1834
  • Size: - 28in x 22 1/2in (710mm x 570mm)
  • Ref#: - 40194
  • Condition: - (B) Good Condition

Description:
This large hand coloured original copper plate engraved antique map of the English county of Cambridge - with an inset view of Ely Cathedral - was engraved by J&C Walker in 1834 - dated in the title cartouche - and was published by Christopher & John Greenwood in the large elephant folio Atlas of the Counties of England, 1834. (Ref: Tooley; M&B)

General Definitions:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color : - off white
Age of map color: - Original
Colors used: - Yellow, green, blue, pink
General color appearance: - Authentic
Paper size: - 28in x 22 1/2in (710mm x 570mm)
Plate size: - 28in x 22 1/2in (710mm x 570mm)
Margins: - Min 0in (0mm)

Imperfections:
Margins: - Margins cropped to borders
Plate area: - Light offsetting
Verso: - Old residue on verso

Background:
Greenwood, Christopher 1786-1855;
John Greenwood fl. 1821-40

The Greenwoods were among the notable firms of publishers in the period 1820-50 who attempted to produce large-scale maps of English counties in competition with the Ordnance Survey Office. In the long run their efforts were unsuccessful but before giving up the struggle the Greenwoods published between the years 1817 and 1830 a series of splendid large-scale folding maps of most of the counties based on their own surveys. Unfortunately, they were unable to complete the series and instead, in 1834, published an Atlas of the Counties of England, a very handsome work, often hand coloured, each map having a vignette of an important building in the county.

- 1817-30 Large-scale maps of all the counties except Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire and Rutland
- 1834 Atlas of the Counties of England

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