Yorkshire. Map of the East Riding of the County of York, from an Actual Survey made in the Years 1831 & 1832 ... by GREENWOOD, C[hristopher] & J[ohn]

Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd., 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1980 h/b facsimile of 1822 original published in collaboration with Somerset Record Society. 215pp + intro, in unmarked VG cond with an untorn Good+ jacket with light surface impressions. 1st class posting from UK within 1 business day of order receipt. Possible overseas surcharge where applicable..

hb, d/w, 215pp.

Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, 1980. 215pp. Blue d.j. Originally pub. 1822 this is a facsimile edition of the original. facsimile. hardback. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Univ Pr of Kentucky, 2016. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 269 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches.

London: Greenwood , 13 Regent Street, Pall Mall, 1829. A large folding double page map UNFOLDED EXAMPLE with cropped and damaged margin including the dec. border. Decorative double page engraved map of the county with an uncoloured vignette view of engraved by R. Creighton. Fine elegant title to the top left. Original hand-colour block and outline. 65 x 80.5 cms [25 1/2 x 31 3/4 inches] printed on thick paper with wide clean and fine margins. "Atlas of The Counties of England" [dated 1834]. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. WE have many more Greenwoods from this atlas in stock all individually priced. Please email for details.. 1st edition. map. Incomplete original Map. Printed Map.

London, 1834. Copper engraving, 64 x 72 cm, engraved by John and Charles Walker, original hand-colour with black and white vignette of Bangor Cathedral, light offsetting, blank verso. The Greenwood brothers were land-surveyors from Yorkshire who compiled one of the last independent large-scale county atlases, in the teeth of competition from the Ordnance Survey. The maps are both decorative and detailed but, as Worms reveals in ‘British Map Engravers’ the project was not a financial success: in 1834 Christopher was imprisoned for debt and the engraved plates soon passed to other hands. Map

London, 1829. Copper engraving, 63 x 73 cms, original hand-colour with black and white vignettes of Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral, short split along platemark at lower left hand corner, blank verso. The Greenwood brothers were land-surveyors from Yorkshire who compiled one of the last independent large-scale county atlases, in the teeth of competition from the Ordnance Survey. The maps are both decorative and detailed but, as Worms reveals in ‘British Map Engravers’ the project was not a financial success: in 1834 Christopher was imprisoned for debt and the engraved plates soon passed to other hands. Map

London, 1829. Copper engraving, 63 x 73 cms, original hand-colour with black and white vignette of Lambeth Palace, blank verso. The Greenwood brothers were land-surveyors from Yorkshire who compiled one of the last independent large-scale county atlases, in the teeth of competition from the Ordnance Survey. The maps are both decorative and detailed but, as Worms reveals in ‘British Map Engravers’ the project was not a financial success: in 1834 Christopher was imprisoned for debt and the engraved plates soon passed to other hands. Map

London: Greenwood , 13 Regent Street, Pall Mall, 1829. A fine large folding double page map with the original centre hinge present. Clean paper with no off-setting, foxing, tanning or marks. Decorative double page engraved map of the county with an uncoloured vignette view of Lambeth Castle & Church engraved by R. Creighton. Fine elegant title to the top left. Original hand-colour block and outline. 65 x 80.5 cms [25 1/2 x 31 3/4 inches] printed on thick paper with wide clean and fine margins. Printed July 4th 1829 and published in the C& J Greenwoods "Atlas of The Counties of England" [dated 1834]. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. WE have many more Greenwoods from this atlas in stock all individually priced. Please email for details.. 1st Edition. map. Fine. Folding map. Printed Map.

London: Greenwood, Pringle & Co, 1829. Later printing. Very good condition. Large decorative steel engraved survey map of the British county, with original hand color, dissected and mounted on linen. First published March 24th 1825, this is from the same plate but with additions and corrections. With a large vignette illustration of Chichester Cathedral at lower right corner and a compass rose, it shows county boundaries, the parishes and hundreds, market towns, villages, turnpike roads, churches, chapels, castles and priories, heaths, canals, railways, woods, parks, hills, wind and water mills, and rivers & brooks. Subtitle- Published by the Proprietors, Greenwood & Co. 13, Regent Street Pall Mall, London, Corrected to the Present Period July 4th, 1829. Engraved by H. Frost, Goswell Rd. The Greenwood brothers, Christopher and John, are recognized for their impressive series of high quality steel engraved large scale folding county maps based on their own surveys, made between 1817 and 1830. The… Read More