Folding Maps

106x98 cm

THIS NEW MAP OF | ENGLAND & WALES, | COMPILED FROM | The Latest Surveys, | IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED | TO THE QUEEN, | By Her Majesty's | MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT, ROBERT SEATON | Engraved and Published for the Proprietor by J&C Walker 9, Castle Str^t Holborn.
Decorative large folding wall map segmented and linen backed. Original hand colour to map. Surrounded by 28 portraits of British worthies with vignettes in each corner of Canterbury Cathedral, York Minster, Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral. Large vignette of Windsor Castle over title.
First issued c.1835 with dedication to William IV, this example has dedication amended to Queen Victoria. 
Folds a little fragile with some splitting to linen in places, creasing to edges outside printed area. Lacks slipcase. A good example of a large decorative map.