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parks, and the hills shaded. The details, except as to the rail- 

 ways and main roads, are not carried outside the area of the 

 two counties. The border is a plain double line. In the right- 

 hand top corner : "Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire ", with, below, 

 a scale of 10 " English Miles ", and, again below, examples of 

 the mode of indicating on the map the railways, canals, and 

 roads. Above the top right-hand corner is the number " 26 ", 

 and at the foot, in the centre, the imprint : " William Collins, 

 Sons & C". London & Glasgow." 



From the ' Atlas of England and Wales, containing Maps of 

 all the Counties, Coloured into the Parliamentary Divisions.' 

 London, no date, 8vo. The preface is dated May, 1877, and 

 states that " The following Maps, with one exception, were 

 designed in the first instance for a series of County Geographies, 

 which have had an extended sale." 



*1877. 'Pictorial World' (Supplement). 16fxl3|. 

 Scale, 21 miles = 1 inch. Engraved by George Philip & Son. 



A map of Herts identical in details with Philip's map of 1875, 

 but with the title erased, as well as the marginal nimiber and 

 the imprint at foot. Along the top of the map, in large, orna- 

 mental, gothic letters : "The ' Pictorial World ' Map of Hertford- 

 shire ", and above, to the left-hand side : " Supplement to the 

 Pictorial World, November S'^^, 1877." In this impression of 

 the map the whole county area is coloured a bright green. 



From 'The Pictorial World An Illustrated Weekly News- 

 paper.' The Supplement to No. 192, vol. viii, Saturday, 

 November 3''', 1877, consists of the map folded in the middle, 

 with particulars of the county of Hertford (2 pp.) on the back. 



1878. Kelly & Co. 15.1 x 12^. Scale, about 3 miles = 

 1 inch. 



A map of Herts on thin, white paper, with a single-line border, 

 following closely in style and details the smaller map issued with 

 the Post'Ofiice Directory, 1845-1874. In the left-hand top corner : 

 " Hertfordshire, 1878 ", with, below, a scale of six miles, and, again 

 below, an indicator of the points of the compass like that in the 

 earlier maps. Below the margin, in the centre : " Kelly & C". 

 Post Office Directory Offices, 51, Great Queen Street, London." 



From ' The Post Office Directory of the Six Home Counties,' 

 the 9th ed., and the last in this form. London, 1878, 8vo. 



1878 (?). Bacon, George Washington. 24x17. 



Scale, 2 miles = 1 inch. Engraved by B. K. Davies. 



A well-filled map, with all the usual details following the 

 1-inch Ordnance Svu-vey map, hill-shading, the main roads and 

 railways, together with some of the principal towns, shown vip 

 to the border of the map. 



The border is plain-rviled, showing degrees and minutes of 

 latitude and longitude. It is broken at the top in two places, 

 part of the parish of Ashwell being carried through it, and the 



