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Lot 52
England.- Mudge (Capt. William), Isaac Dalby and Capt. Thomas Colby. An Account of the Operations carried on for accomplishing a Trigonometrical Survey of England and Wales, 4 parts in 3 vol., lacking half-titles in vol.1 & 2 (not called for in vol.3), with engraved armorial dedication to the Master General and Principal Officers of His Majesty's Ordnance, 51 engraved plates, maps and plans, most folding, 2 folding letterpress tables, errata leaf at end of vol.3, occasional spotting or browning, some offsetting, handsome modern mottled calf, gilt, spines gilt with black roan labels, 4to, printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for William Faden, 1799-1811.⁂ The first edition in book form of the history of the Ordnance Survey, the first part of which first appeared in Philosophical Transactions. Between 1799 and 1820 Mudge surveyed most of England and Wales on the military scale of one inch to a mile. Many of the plates show the instruments designed for the project.Provenance: From the estate of Dr. Ian Mumford FRGS, FBCarts, one of the founders of the British Cartographic Society and contributor to the official history of the Ordnance Survey.
Lot 527
A pair of Regency blue john and brass candlesticks, each decorated with palmettes and with a baluster stem on a circular base with a fish scale border, 17.8cm high (max with differences in height). (2) Provenance: Warrens House, Bramshaw, New Forest.Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
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