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Auction 94, Lot 251

"Wyld's Road Director, through England and Wales being a New and Comprehensive Display of the Roads and Distances from Town to Town and of each Remarkable Place from London", Wyld

Subject: England and Wales

Period: 1859 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
20.5 x 24 inches
52.1 x 61 cm
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Linen-backed folding map between self-backs and in original slipcase with label. Map covers England and Wales, Scotland north to Stirling and the east coast of Ireland. The counties are outlined by hand in a medley of delicate colors and the title in the upper right is handsomely engraved.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $110

Closed on 3/7/2001

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