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310 x 450 mm., with a light crease otherwise in good condition.
'The Weekly Dispatch' newspaper between the years 1856 and 1862 included in each edition a map of a part of the world. During this period a total of 118 maps were issued. The maps bear the distinctive sign of a half globe with the figure of Mercury above. The engravers varied but included John Dower and Edward Weller. In 1863 'The Dispatch Atlas' was published which contained a series of English county maps. The two were combined in 1865 as 'Cassell’s Complete Atlas'. With many maps in a large scale of areas not often seen, including a number a town plans. A fine early plan of Birmingham extending from the new suburb of Edgbaston in the south clockwise to Harbourne Heath in the west, Soho and Aston Parks in the north and Little Bromwich in the east. The Railway network is already quite extensive. Beresiner pp. 85-7; refer Carroll no. 120.
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WELLER, Edward : Birmingham
310 x 450 mm., with a light crease otherwise in good condition.
'The Weekly Dispatch' newspaper between the years 1856 and 1862 included in each edition a map of a part of the world. During this period a total of 118 maps were issued. The maps bear the distinctive sign of a half globe with the figure of Mercury above. The engravers varied but included John Dower and Edward Weller. In 1863 'The Dispatch Atlas' was published which contained a series of English county maps. The two were combined in 1865 as 'Cassell’s Complete Atlas'. With many maps in a large scale of areas not often seen, including a number a town plans. A fine early plan of Birmingham extending from the new suburb of Edgbaston in the south clockwise to Harbourne Heath in the west, Soho and Aston Parks in the north and Little Bromwich in the east. The Railway network is already quite extensive. Beresiner pp. 85-7; refer Carroll no. 120.
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