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Auction 156, Lot 435

"Mogg's Forty-Five Miles Round London", Mogg, Edward

Subject: Southern England

Period: 1827 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
46.1 x 38.6 inches
117.1 x 98 cm
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This large and densely engraved folding map centers on London and includes all of Middlesex and Surrey and parts of many other counties. It features a plethora of cities and towns, parks, marshes, roads, rivers, and more. Two small insets extend the area covered by the map to Canterbury and Oxford. Dissected and backed in linen, with a marble-paper covered slipcase with paper label.

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Condition: B

Issued folding with overall toning, short fold separations in the linen, some tiny chips and tears to the map itself, and some white paint splattering at top. The slipcase is worn with one edge completely separated.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $180

Closed on 2/17/2016

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