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Title: Cary&Apos;S Actual Survey of the Country Fifteen Miles Round London
Description: London, J. Cary, 1786. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of John Cary's guide to London and its surrounding areas, a collection of detailed hand coloured maps, with a total of twelve plates. First edition.The 1786 edition, with the engraved title page of the 1811 edition bound in.ESTC citation number N26950.Illustrated with one hand-coloured folding map, and eleven hand-coloured maps.Collated, lacking plates 7, 8, 9, 10, and 16-50, a total of forty plates.A volume of maps guiding the reader through London, with a detailed index to the rear.Including an explanation to the maps.John Cary was a notable cartographer who produced many similar guided maps around Britain, with volumes on England, Wales, and Scotland, as well as general universal atlases. This volume includes one leaf of review of Cary's 'Actual Survey of Middlesex&apos. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart, with a little rubbing to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age toned with the occasional spot. Tipped in title page is more age toned with some marks. Lacking plates 7, 8, 9, 10, and 16-50. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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