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[GREENWOOD, Christopher (1786-1855) & John (fl. 1821-1840).] Map of London from Actual Survey Comprehending the various improvements to 1837 . London: E. Ruff & Co., Hind Court, Fleet Street. 1837. 'Greenwood's magnificent map of London, superbly engraved by Josiah and James Neele, was the first to be published on a large scale ... and the first to a standard of accuracy comparable with modern large-scale maps of the capital' (Glanville). Brothers Christopher & John Greenwood spent three years on their new survey of London, which was first published in 1827. Ruff acquired the plates from the Greenwoods in 1835, and republished it, with various updates, over the next 20 years. This 1837 issue adds the new railways snaking into the capital, as well the new National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, the 'New Bridewell' prison which was opened in 1834 (now the site of Westminster Cathedral), and Rennie's New London Bridge, with the Old Bridge removed. Glanville p. 166; Howgego 309 (3b). Very large hand-coloured folding engraved map, on a scale of 8 inches to a mile (1:7920), extending to Kentish Town in the north, clockwise to the River Lea, Greenwich, Stockwell and Kensington, the whole dissected into 60 sections and mounted on linen with silk edging, dedication to Queen Victoria, inset views of Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral in bottom corners, the London and Birmingham, Eastern Counties, London and Greenwich, Croydon, London and Southampton, and Great Western Railway lines shown in orange, boundary 'Extent of twopenny post delivery' delineated in blue, the whole approx. 1290 x 1900mm (visible area within frame).