Sheet 55se, Old Series 1". 1864. Herefordshire, Worcestershire: Great Malvern. Hand coloured engravin

£29.00

Sheet 55se, Old Series 1". 1864. Herefordshire, Worcestershire: Great Malvern near centre. Hand coloured engraving, 40.5 x 50.5cm. Topography 1832, geological dates 1853/55 (sic), railways inserted 1864, issued 1891. Cut, mounted on linen, and folded to 20 x 10cm between marbled card Stanford covers. Bright, clean. Manuscript college name in top margin. Short tears in linen at edge and perforations at fold intersections. In good condition.

About the England & Wales One Inch Old Series

The Geological Survey of England and Wales used the Old Series of the Ordnance Survey topographic map at a scale of one inch to the mile as its basemap, initially. These engraved basemaps were published and revised between 1805 and 1885; the sheet sizes varied and the layout and numbering system were eccentric. The Old Series geological maps were hand-coloured and without geological sections, which were published separately. The GS of E&W published the Old Series from 1850 to 1900, when it switched to the colour printing and the New Series one inch maps. However, old stock of the Old Series continued to be issued, hand-coloured, until the 1930s.