Cook’s Literary & Historical Map of London—Dickens—authors—taverns—churches 1899
£340
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'Cook's Literary and Historical Map of London'
An exceptionally comprehensive literary and historical gazetteer of Victorian London, pairing a detailed street map with a substantial guide. The booklet transforms the map into an aid to exploring the capital: each entry names the street and supplies a reference to the map’s red alphanumeric grid. Its first 49 pages alone contain hundreds of locations connected with authors and notable figures, frequently tracing several London addresses for one person—places where they were born, lived, worked, took refuge, died or were buried. Three pages chart the houses and places appearing in Dickens’s novels. The guide also locates historic churches, theatres, concert halls, music halls, palaces, railway stations, hotels, restaurants and taverns. A complete list records the Society of Arts memorial tablets, the pioneering commemorative scheme established in 1866 and direct predecessor of London’s celebrated blue plaques. The red squares on the map mark Thomas Cook’s London offices, including its railway-station branches.
Size 56 x 88 cm | 22.0 x 34.5 inches
Date Published: 1899
Type: Two-colour lithographic folding literary, historical and tourist map, mounted on linen, and bound in the original cover with a 96-page guide and advertising booklet.
Author: Thomas Cook & Son
Publication: Cook's Literary and Historical Map of London
Condition: Good |
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