Stanford's Library Map of London, Northeastern Sheet Mapmaker(s)_John Ainslie ruled and lettered in gilt

ruled and lettered in gilt

Distinctive features of English county cartography (such as the enclosures) were retained

the oldest lighthouse in France

all in all making the Theatre a highly decorative as well as a useful volume

folding into printed paper wrappers which carry a conventional street plan of central London on the verso

Stanford's Library Map of London, Northeastern Sheet Mapmaker(s)_John Ainslie ruled and lettered in giltThis is the North Eastern sheet of Stanfords Library Map, extending as far east as Straford and West Ham; further sheets were available to extend coverage as far as Greenwich. Our example is probably a variant of Hydes 10th state of the map: Liverpool Street station is shown (opened 1874) but the publishers address has not been updated. Stanford's Library Map has been described by bibliographer Ralph Hyde as unquestionably the most detailed and useful