India - Walker, John, mapmaker to the East India Company
Map of India, shewing the British Territories...
£3,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: Day One: 24 February 2021 | From 10:00
Description
London: Wm. H. Allen, 1853. Large, folded linen-backed map in 2 sheets, each sheet 87.5 x 168.2cm and divided into sections, folding into a contemporary brown cloth gilt case, the map hand-coloured with some generalised rubbing to the surface, occasional soiling, several lines have been drawn in a contemporary hand which appear to mark a route, the first 'position' in the Bay of Bengal labelled 'Holmsdale, 29th September 1858', some scuffing to case