Title / Subject: Shropshire

Date: 1809

Size: Approximately 244mm x 308mm (sheet size including margins), blank verso.

Description: A finely engraved, and attractively hand coloured, map of Shropshire. This map, published in the 1809 edition of Cary's 'New and Correct Atlas' was printed from newly engraved plates, resulting in a very fine print impression. In addition to the imprint at the bottom of the map it can also be identified by the impression of the plate which extends 1/2 an inch beyond the border of the map, instead of 1/4 of an inch as in earlier issues.

Cartographer / Engraver: John Cary

Provenance: 'Cary's New and Correct English Atlas: Being a New Set of County Maps from Actual Surveys ...', London, 1809. 

Condition: Excellent condition. Light age toning. Hand coloured. Centrefold crease. Please study all the photographs carefully to fully appreciate the condition.

Ref: #03263

Authenticity: this is an authentic item, published at the date stated in the title and accompanying description. Where an exact date is not known, the item is dated as circa (c.), e.g. c.1650. This indicates that it may have been printed/published a few years either side of the specified year.

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