Wyld James the Elder (2 results)

One page, 12mo, bifolium, stain partially obscuring address, chipped (without loss of text), text clear and complete. "The Duke of Buckingham requests Mr Wyld will inform him whether there are not more parts of the Ordnance Map [?] than those which he has sent him, and also whether he has [sent?] the Maps of London & Norway which the Duke ordered at the same time he did the Ordnance Map of England.". …

Folding map in slipcase. Condition: Very Good map. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ slip case. 38-1/2 x 51 inches in 42 panels mounted to linen, folded to 5 x 8-1/2, outer panels backed with marbled paper. Intaglio printed in black with hand colored boundaries, mail roads and cities. Published October 1, 1826. Ghosting of titles, top and bottom margins perforated, edges and backing slightly soiled. Slipcase covered in matching marbled paper with mounted title label: "A New Map of England & Wales, and part of Scotland, Projected Upon the Trignometrical [sic] Operations, Made for the General Survey of the Kingdom. Published by James Wyld, (Successor to Mr. Faden,) Geographer to His Majesty, and H. R. H. the Duke of York, No. 5, Charing Cross.": edges rubbed, scuffs and stains, previous owner signature. James Wyld the Elder was apprenticed to the map publisher William Faden from 1804 to 1811, taking over the business upon Faden's retirement in 1823. Wyld the Younger inherited the business in 1836. The map' symbol key "Explanation of the signs" includes Railways, but we have been unable to locate its use on the map though a few lines existed, such as the Middleton Railway in Leeds.OCLC locates a single holding of this 1826 edition, at the British Library.…