Nottinghamshire Maps

17x23 cm

WOOD ENGRAVED MAP FROM "THE GUIDE TO KNOWLEDGE"

NOTTINGHAM SHIRE.
London, W. Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane.
J. Archer sc. 100 Drummond Str. Euston Sq.

Woodblock engraved map by Joshua Archer. The woodblock was inked with a roller without working the ink into the engraved cuts thereby printing with a white line on a black ground. Published in parts by W. Edwards in The Guide to Knowledge edited by W Pinnock from 1833  The printing method was not popular for topographic maps and was not used again for English county maps. The woodblocks  were later published by Thomas Johnson printed more conventionally by lithographic transfer in his rare publication Johnson's Atlas of England in 1847 & 1863. 
Fraying at paper edges, one closed tear on right edge just reaching the printed border. Good example of the map of Nottinghamshire from The Guide to Knowledge.

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