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Map, uncoloured engraving, Thirlmere, Derwentwater, and Bassenthwaite Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by James Wyld, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.
Tipped in opposite p.164 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes.
map feature:- plain cartouche & up is N & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & spot heights & forests & county & settlements & roads
inscription:- printed bottom
THIRLMERE, DERWENTWATER, / AND BASSENTHWAITE LAKES.
map type:- Wyld 1847 (Thi/Der/Bas)
wxh, sheet:- 10.5x16.5cm
wxh, map:- 84x148mm
scale:- 1 to 220000 ? (guess)

from:-
Guide book, Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.
With illustrations by Thomas and Edward Gilks, and maps by James Wyld.
Many of the prints, excepting the initial letters, and maps are recorded separately. The general map of the Lake District listed in the list of plates to go after p.248, is missing.

inscription:- : printed: half title page:: SYLVAN'S / PICTORIAL HAND-BOOK / TO THE / ENGLISH LAKES inscription:- imprint: printed: rev of half title page:: LONDON: / PRINTED BY JOHN WERTHEIMER AND CO., / FINSBURY CIRCUS. inscription:- : printed: title page:: SYLVAN'S / Pictorial Handbook / TO THE / ENGLISH LAKES. / WITH MAPS BY JAMES WYLD. / AND UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ORIGINAL SKETCHES / BY THOMAS AND EDWARD GILKS. / [monogram HS on a shield] // LONDON: / JOHN JOHNSTONE, PATERNOSTER ROW. / EDINBURGH, J. JOHNSTONE; GLASGOW, D. BRYCE; / DUBLIN, J. M'GLASHAN. / M.DCCC.XLVII.

General notes
Map of the English Lake District, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, engraved by James Wyld, Charing Cross East, London, published by T Johnstone, Edinburgh, Lothian, 1847.
Included in Sylvan's Pictorial Handbook to the English Lakes, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, T Johnstone, Edinburgh, D Bryce, Glasgow, and J M'Glashan, Dublin, 1847.
And four area maps tipped in through the text - Windermere, Rydal, Grasmere, Esthwaite and Coniston Waters; Thirlmere, Derwentwater, and Bassenthwaite Lakes; Loweswater, Crummock, Buttermere, Ennerdale and Wastwaters; Ulleswater and Hawes Water.
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