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Auction 88, Lot 200

"Set of five plans of canals", Lodge, J.

Subject: England

Period: 1771 (published)

Publication: Gentleman's Magazine

Color: Black & White

Size:
13 x 6.2 inches
33 x 15.7 cm
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Five of the 24 separate plans issued by the Gentlemen's Magazine of the thirteen navigable canals throughout the kingdom. Includes the Grand Canal upon Fradley Heath, the canal from Birmingham to Wolverhampton, the canal linking the River Severn to Droitwich, the canal from the Trent to the Severn, and the Grand Canal from the Trent to the Mersey. Several have decorative title cartouches and/or compass roses. Folding as issued. Ref: Jolly GENT-210, 211, 212,213,&214. Folding as issued and a tiny bit of light offsetting.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $90 - $110

Sold for: $40

Closed on 10/2/1999

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