Bacons New Survey Map Counties by Bacon (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. One folded map with 16p. 'Guide to the County of Worcester' & 'Cyclists Route Guide. Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester' loosely insertoed. Covers dulled & foxing to verso of map, some scuffing along fold marks o/w good condition. Published c. late 19th to early 20th coentury? v75 / m016096.

Condition: very good. Undated but from style and contents probably c.1900. HB. Purple cloth covers, lettered in gilt to spine and front, protecting large coloured folding map printed on paper laid onto linen, with marbled paper front and back once folded. Folds out to 24 sections. Scale of 3 miles to one inch. Folded size: 24.5 x 21 cm, opening out to 95 x 120 cm. Attractively printed in various colours, (pink, yellow, light orange and green), with a panel devoted to geology map, as well as text panels at sides for Index-Gazetteer. Good condition overall: the map is very good, bright and clean, with slight browning to margins, and the folds are clean and sturdy; there are some light marks to back of linen. The cloth covers are fair only as spine panel is largely lost but the front is very good and with bright gilt of title; creases to back. Other Bacon maps of various counties published at same time in same format available.

Original coloured lithograph; a folding map dissected and backed on lined, folds into cloth covered boards, gilt and embossed title. Some staining to the boards and slight discolouration, map in a clean state, bright original colour, some minor lifting of dissected sections, overall a very good example. The title names three main counties Somerset, Dorset and parts of Wiltshire, but also included are parts of Gloucestershire, Devon and the area around Cardiff. A geological map occupies the upper left hand corner. A table of distances to the lower left along with an index and gazetteer. The style reflects the Edwardian influence, with the roads appearing more dominant that the railways. The map is highly detailed with many features displayed. John Bartholomew in Edinburgh retains the copyright and G.W.Bacon & Co. appears bottom left, London and Manchester.