Cary's New Map Of England And Wales With Part Of Scotland On Which Are Carefully Laid Down All The Direct And Principal Corss Roads, The Course Of The Rivers And Nagivable Canals &C. Cary John.

The first edition. Quarto (28.5 x 23cm). 'This work, though wanting in uniformity, and in many cases in accuracy, involved a distinct advantage on anything in the nature of original cartography which had been undertaken in this country since the Elizabethan survey of Christopher Saxton.'- Fordham. Complete with 81 sheets, all printed single-sided, the prelims constituting sheets 80,62,63,71 &72, as detailed by Fordham. Without the 14pp. printed text indicating the first issue. The maps with contemporary colour. The whole in a contemporary morocco case with marbled endpapers, folded & designed for carrying, which is rubbed and marked, but quite sound. Six blank leaves at rear with pasted slip 'Memorandums'. Some occasional marks, the outer margin with occasional light chips, but an excellent example of a map used for travelling rather than for the proverbial 'gentleman's library.' Vg. [Fordham Cary 45; Bendall C088.5; Tooley Dict. 106; Fordham Surveyors 72]