Colourful Antique Map of England and Wales Divided in Counties, 1854
€ 650
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1854
Sheet size
54.3 × 44.8 cm (21.4 × 17.6 in)
Reference
PCT-56534
Condition
Very good, given age. A small brown stain in the right margin. A small tear in the right margin (not affecting image). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
About this sheet
Antique map titled 'A Map Shewing the Places in England & Wales Sending Members to Parliament with the numbers returned, divisions of counties and population, places of county election, polling places and boroughs disfranchised according to the reform and boundary act.'
A map of England and Wales, divided in counties. A small table shows the populations of various cities. From James Wyld's 'A New General Atlas of Modern Geography.', published by James Wyld. Geographer to Her Majesty Charing Cross East. 1854.
Artists and Engravers: Cartographer: James Wyld. James Wyld (1812-1887) was a British publisher and cartographer. His greatest geographical achievement was Wyld's Great Globe, exhibited in Leicester Square between 1851 and 1862. The globe, sixty feet high and lighted with gas, was at that point the largest ever constructed. He was geographer to Queen Victoria and H.R.H. Prince Albert.
