the slipcase title label continues ‘Shewing all the Railways & Steam Packet Communications’. The map is nicely coloured by county, the ornately lettered title in the upper right corner with the scale and key just below. It well conveys the rapidly expanding rail network at the mid-point of the 19th century, both complementing and competing with the still-thriving coastal shipping network, such as the services from Berwick and Whitby to London, Liverpool to Greenock and Bangor, and Bristol to London,
lithographed map by W.P. Metchim, with full original hand-colouring, 800 x 625 mm. (31 1/2 x 24 5/8 in), dissected and linen-backed, minor spotting and occasional faint offsetting, folding into contemporary green cloth boards with publisher Pope’s title label pasted on, marbled paper pasted to verso of end panel and inside upper cover, 8vo,