Regional Maps

30x37 cm

ESSO PICTORIAL PLAN OF THE NORTH Moor, Mountain and Lake District.
A·E·TAYLOR·32
Inset plan of the ISLE OF MAN.
Colour printed map drawn by Alfred Edward Taylor (1887-1959) first issued in 1932 as posters for Pratt's Motor Oil Company. 
Following the rebranding of the company's fuel brand names to "Esso" the maps were re-issued at a slightly smaller scale in Pictorial Britain and Ireland...H.K. McCann Company Limited, London 1936.
Describing the maps, S.P.B. Mais writes, "I have seldom, if ever, seen a happier blending of the artist and wit in a cartographer. They are jolly, they are informative, they are original, and they have a magic enticing quality about them..." 
Centrefold as issued. Fine condition.