Amazing pictorial map of London and surrounding areas advertising the bus services from the city to the Home Counties. Central London is surrounded by a city wall, and the towns and villages around are highlighted with scrolls. First published in 1928 by Waterlow & Sons this is the smaller edition printed by John Bartholomew in Edinburgh, 1978.
Leslie MacDonald Gill (6 October 1884 – 14 January 1947), commonly known as MacDonald Gill or Max Gill, was a noted early-twentieth century graphic designer, cartographer, artist and architect. It is perhaps his illustrated maps for which he is most well known. These maps have featured in a series of exhibitions including Magnificent Maps exhibition in 2010 at the British Library, an exhibition MacDonald Gill, Out of the Shadows in 2011 at the University of Brighton and at the Mind the Map exhibition in 2012 at the London Transport Museum. Cfr. Rumsey 12393.000
Country Bus-Services Map. London and Vicinity
- Dimension: 89 x 74 cm
- Place of publication: Edinburgh
- Year: 1978
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