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Wallis's Guide For Strangers Through London by Wallis, Edward: - 1833

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Wallis's Guide For Strangers Through London

by Wallis, Edward:

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London, 1833. Engraved folding plan of London, 55 x 72 cm, dissected into 28 panels and laid on brown linen, original hand colour, a trifle dusty, slight wear, lacks slipcase. The alphabetical list of streets beneath corresponds with a lettered grid on the map. First published in 1824, revised and updated editions were issued until 1843. Wallis inherited his father’s business in 1818 and continued to publish geographical games and puzzles as well as more conventional maps such as this one. Howgego, Printed maps of London, 301, between states 6 (1831) and 7 (1837). Map
  • Bookseller Bryars and Bryars GB (GB)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1833

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Wallis's Guide for Strangers through London.

Wallis's Guide for Strangers through London.: The first steam railway to have a terminus in the capital

by WALLIS, Edward

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[London],: Published by E. Wallis, 42, Skinner Street,, [c.1840].. 540 by 750mm (21.25 by 29.5 inches).. Engraved plan, fine original hand-colour, alphabetical list of streets below, old folds reinforced, some with minor loss. Wallis's Guide for Strangers was a popular map, printed in numerous editions between 1813 and 1843. This edition shows the London and Greenwich Railway, opened between 1836 and 1838, which terminated at London Bridge, and was the first steam railway to have a terminus in the capital. Also shown is the London and Blackwall line, opened on July 6, 1840. This terminates at Minories on the current map, but was extended to Fenchurch Street in 1841. The London and Birmingham Railway was the first intercity line to be built into London. It terminates at Euston Station, which on this map is named as the Birmingham Railway Depot, and ran from 1833 to 1846, when it became part of the London and North Western Railway Line. Lastly is the Eastern Counties Railway, opened June 20, 1839. In… Read More
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