Description

London, Vernon and Wood, Poultry, 1805. broadsheet (26.8 x 21.2 cm). Engraved, originally hand-coloured map. = A fine, detailed map of County Durham (and Tyne and Wear), including the towns of Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, North and South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Stockton, Darlington, Middleton Teesdale, Wolsingham, etc., etc., and its hills, rivers, woods, coast line, etc., as well as some adjacent parts of Northumberland, Cumberland and Yorkshire. From the seldom-seen series, The Beauties of England and Wales; or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County. Engraved by J. Roper after a drawing by G. Cole. Vertical, median fold, small tea-stain and some marginal toning and creasing, signs of former mounting on blank rear; otherwise very good, complete. The Durham edition is rare - we found only two auction records.