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Auction 102, Lot 348

"England with its Canals and Railways", SDUK Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Subject: England

Period: 1837 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.2 x 15.5 inches
31 x 39.4 cm
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A very early railroad map filled with details and showing all the canals and railroads throughout England. Though railways began at the turn of the nineteenth century in Britain, it was not until the 1830's that the new technology became commercially viable. Published by Baldwin & Cradock.

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Condition: A

Minor toning, with some marginal soil.

Estimate: $75 - $100

Sold for: $30

Closed on 3/5/2003

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