Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Covers: (Box) Ordnance Survey of Great Britain. Quarter-inch to One Mile. Third Edition.

Short Title: 
Covers: (Box) Ordnance Survey of Great Britain. Quarter-inch to One Mile. Third Edition.
Obj Height cm: 
20
Obj Width cm: 
22
Note: 
Image shows the box container for the 12 map set. Folded set is presented in the Ordnance Survey box with a flip-top and snap, dark brown, cloth-covered with "Ordnance Survey Maps of England and Wales. Scale 4 Miles to 1 Inch. Complete in 12 Sheets" stamped in gilt; "Diagram of the Sheets of the Map, Scale 1/4 Inch to a Mile" stamped in gilt; box also has the index map (the "Diagram") to Sheets for England and Wales in gilt.
Full Title: 
(Covers to) (Box) Ordnance Survey of Great Britain. Quarter-inch to One Mile. Third Edition.
List No: 
7803.001
Series No: 
1
Pub Date: 
1924
Pub Title: 
Ordnance Survey of Great Britain. Quarter-inch to One Mile. Third Edition.
Pub Note: 
Map sheets are undissected but mounted on linen and folded into 32 panels. The sheets in this set have publication dates of 1919-1921 and reprint dates (for some) of 1922-1924, see Note on each sheet. Superb condition. Full color. Relief shown in attractive hypsometric tinting; contour intervals differ above 1,000 feet elevation. Many cultural and natural features shown. Maps are noted as "Published by Colonel Sir Charles Close...".
Pub List No: 
7803.000
Pub Maps: 
12
Pub Height cm: 
18
Pub Width cm: 
10
Image No: 
7803001
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Publisher Location: 
Southampton
Publisher: 
Ordnance Survey Office
Type: 
Covers
Publication Author: 
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Pub Type: 
National Atlas
Author: 
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Date: 
1924