George hennet (3 resultados)

Linen. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Slipcase. Early Edition. Large engraved folding map, hand-coloured in hundreds, with an engraved inset view of the New Custom House, Liverpool. Published by Henry Teesdale & Co., May 1. 1830. Dissected and mounted on linen, edged in green cloth, With original pull-off slipcase, marbled edges, spine label still intact. 1160mm x 1640mm. A fine map of the county in a scale of 3/4 inch to 1 mile, engraved by J. Bingley. Previous owner name to slip case and rear of map. Slipcase worn, cloth edging slightly worn and loosening in a couple of places, colours still nice and bright. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Geography & Maps; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3958. This map weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. …

Hardcover. Condición: Good. London: Engraved by James Bingley, 57, Charles St. City Road; Published by Henry Teesdale & Co. 302 Holborn, May 1, 1830. Book shaped slipcase housing the large map 5 4 tall by 3 9 wide. With some historic damp staining to various areas across the map, some going through the map and linen see images for detail. Not as bright as some we have seen. With green cloth edges. Overall dimensions 64 inches by 45 inches, 162 x 115 cm. Large folding map of the county of Lancashire on a scale of ¾ inch to one mile. Title to upper right corner, beneath which a large inset view of the "New Custom House, Liverpool". Explanatory key and compass rose to lower edge. The whole dissected into 48 sections and mounted on linen, the edges trimmed with dark green cloth. Green marbled paper panels to folded end sections on linen verso. Housed in original calf book-style box with gilt titled red leather label and gilt rules to spine. Spine of slipcase scuffed, marked and worn with some loss, extremities worn but structurally sound. Approximately 11 ½ inches tall by 7 inches wide (slipcase). Overall dimensions 64 inches by 45 inches, 162 x 115cm (map). Condition Report Externally (slipcase) Spine fair condition gilt tiles to red label, worn and marked with loss, title label states Teesdale Map of Lancashire , structurally sound. Joints good condition worn. Corners fair condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition marked and worn. Page edges (fake) good condition all edge marbled. See above and photos. Internally Box paper coming of the sides in part with 200 years worth of wear. Map fair condition tanned with historic damp stains, worn to all edges, damp stains with wear through the map and linen (see photos). Binding fair condition attractive. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1830 Binding: Hardback.…

1830 A MAP OF THE COUNTY PALENTINE of LANCASTERDivided into HUNDREDS and PARISHES from an accurate survey made in the years 1828 and 1829 by G HENNET LONDON. A Large-scale folding map of Lancashire, 163 x 115 cm, engraved by James Bingley, original hand colour, trivial offsetting, dissected into 48 panels and laid on linen, vignette beneath calligraphic title cartouche, upper right (a view of the New Custom House Liverpool engraved by William Woolnoth), edged in green silk.For Hennets handsome large-scale map of Lancashire, the publisher Teesdale employed the engravers Bingley and Woolnoth, who had worked on his 1828 large-scale map of Yorkshire. Woolnoth also engraved vignettes for the Greenwood brothers. George Hennet (1799-1857) abandoned teaching for surveying, and then became a railway engineer, working with both Stephenson and Brunel. Here he shows railways which were proposed or under construction as if they were already complete: the Liverpool and Manchester (opened September 1830; our map was published in May); the Wigan and Newton Railway (just 7 miles long, opened September 1832) and the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway (opened February 1833).Condition is presentable with some wear, occasional tone spots and some splits to linen folds.…