Lot 90
Postal Interest - Peter Williamson and Edinburgh's Penny Post
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 15 January 2014 at 11:00 GMT
£1,375
Description
List of all the streets, wynds, squares and closes, of the city of Edinburgh... Edinburgh: Peter Williamson at his Penny-Post-Office, 1779. Framed and glazed, laid down in mount, visible area c.34.5x46cm, foxed, soiled; Blaeu, J. Lothian and Linlithquo. Amsterdam, c.1654, framed and glazed, dimensions of engraved area 55 x 37.5cm, later hand-colouring, some darkening, probably laid down, small repair to lower right quarter; Cary, John A new map of the kingdom of Prussia... London, 1790, framed and glazed, dimensions of engraved area 45x50.5cm, hand-coloured, laid-down, lacking centre fold suggesting that this may be a later restrike (3)