London.
Published as the Act directs Feb.y 1815 by G. Jones, Ave Maria Lane.
Engraved map. Sheet 255 x 405mm (10 x 16"). Vertical fold, laid on card.
A Georgian plan of London, published a matter of months before the Battle of Waterloo. It shows from the Serpentine River in Hyde Park, clockwise to Paddington, Regent's Park, Hackney, Stratford, the East India Docks, Greenwich, Walworth, Nine Elms and Chelsea. The map shows Regent's Park and the Millbank Penitentiary under construction, and 'Tomlins Town', a shanty town for workers off the Edgware Road.
Darlington & Howgego 265.
[Ref: 61729] £260.00
Engraved map. Sheet 255 x 405mm (10 x 16"). Vertical fold, laid on card.
A Georgian plan of London, published a matter of months before the Battle of Waterloo. It shows from the Serpentine River in Hyde Park, clockwise to Paddington, Regent's Park, Hackney, Stratford, the East India Docks, Greenwich, Walworth, Nine Elms and Chelsea. The map shows Regent's Park and the Millbank Penitentiary under construction, and 'Tomlins Town', a shanty town for workers off the Edgware Road.
Darlington & Howgego 265.
[Ref: 61729] £260.00