684 Speed J.:
Bedfordshire and the situation of
Bedford described. Printed date 1610. Double folio map featuring plan of
Bedford and various Heraldic devices with elaborate engraved decorations. £40 - £60
Lot 684
685 Gordon W.: An Accurate Map of the County of Bedford actually surveyed after a new method, 1736. As issued on two separate sheets, each printed from a separate plate. Elaborate engraved titular & dedicatory cartouches. Hand coloured in outline. The fi rst map of the county on a one inch scale. Scarce.
686
Goad C.: Insurance Plan for Luton (Bedfordshire), 1895. Seven atlas folio sheets beginning with a coloured key plan of Luton and an annotated index to streets and 'Specials' (key buildings). Remaining sheets are street plans coloured according to the key plan. This ''key plan'' indicates coverage of the Goad 1895 series of fi re insurance maps of Luton: that were originally produced to aid insurance companies in assessing fi re risks. The building footprints, their use (commercial, residential, educational, etc.), the number of fl oors and the height of the building, as well as construction materials (and thus risk of burning) and special fi re hazards (chemicals, kilns, ovens) were documented in order to estimate premiums. Names of individual businesses, property lines, and addresses were also often recorded. Together these maps provide a rich historical shapshot of the commercial activity and urban landscape of towns and cities at the time. Complete sets scarce.
90
687 £140 - £180
Stevenage: Auction Estate plan 1872. Properties focussed mainly on the High Street and Albert Street. hand coloured in outline. Together with hand coloured plan of the Three Counties Lunatic Asylum, Arlesey, Bedfordshire, 1876. Prepared by
G.Fowler & Sons, Architects.
£30 - £40
£120 - £180
Lot 688 (part)
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