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Auction 156, Lot 433
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"Smith's New and Accurate Map of the Lakes, in the Counties of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancaster", Smith, Charles

Subject: Northwestern England

Period: 1802 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.9 x 23.6 inches
48 x 59.9 cm
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This handsome folding map extends from St. Bees Heads to Bampton, and from Carlisle to Ulverston. It covers the area of England dear to the hearts of the Romantics, who were in their heyday at this period. At the bottom left is a list of "Inns which supply Post Horses & Carriages." Dissected and backed in linen.

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Condition: A

Original color with minor toning and some short fold separations in the linen.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $130

Closed on 2/17/2016

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