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Whitbread, [Josiah].
Whitbread's Reduced Ordnance Map of London Divided into Half Mile Distances showing the Postal Districts Railways and Stations and All the New Improvements to the Present Time.
Publisher: Dorrell & Son, London;
Date of Publication: 1878
Stock Code: 9080
Octavo, pp. [2], 37, [1]. Part hand-coloured map mounted on fine linen, approximately 82 cm x 58 cm, folded into limp green pebbled cloth covers. Sympathetically re-cased with printed orange title plate to upper board. Boards a little creased with bruised corners; cover plate slightly scuffed. Tidy ownership inscription to front paste-down. Light foxing, mainly to title page and endpapers; minor loss top edge of final two leaves mainly affecting margin only. Minor wear to map at folds, without loss, and a little foxing mainly to reverse. A very Good copy. Index references 16750 streets, cab fares, Postal Districts, Exhibitions, and Places of Amusement. Scale approximately 3 3/4 inches to a mile, extending from Kentish Town in the north to Camberwell in the south and from Notting Hill in the west to Limehouse in the east. Scarce. £225.00