Map Collection

B1982.647.16:- 
Map, hand coloured engraving, New Map of Wiltshire, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 1820s?
The map has stratigraphical descriptions; Cary did supply a geological section by Smith to go with this map.
map feature:-  hand coloured & sectioned for folding & slip case & title cartouche (plain oval) & compass rose (fleur de lys for north) & scale line & lat and long scales & county & hundreds & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & parks & woods & forests & roads & turnpike roads & canals & geology & settlements
inscription:-  printed -on- title cartouche A / NEW MAP / OF / WILTSHIRE, / DIVIDED INTO HUNDREDS, / EXHIBITING / Its Roads, Rivers, Parks, &c. / By JOHN CARY Engraver.
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom London, Published by J. Cary, Engraver & Map seller No.86 St. James's St.
inscription:-  printed -on- label on slip case CARY'S / NEW MAP / OF / WILTSHIRE. / DIVIDED INTO HUNDREDS; / EXHIBITING / THE WHOLE OF THE TURNPIKE AND / CROSS ROADS, / THE COURSE OF THE RIVERS, / MARKET AND BOROUGH TOWNS, PARISHES, / HAMLETS, PARKS, 7c. / LONDON: / PUBLISHED BY G. AND J. CARY, / 86 ST. JAMES'S STREET.
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 180000 ? (approx, 1 to 180572)

MN: 14.1.1998