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Accession Number: 
1997.437
Object type: 
document
Bett's Road and Rail Map of Scotland: Accession No. 1997.437

This map was published in the 1860s, primarily for commercial travellers in Scotland but also for growing tourist traffic. The inside states MAPS ARE UPDATED MONTHLY (so) THE TRAVELLER CAN SEE WHAT PARTS HE WILL REACH BY RAILWAY.

Titled BETTS'S ROAD & RAILROAD MAP OF SCOTLAND the folded, cloth backed, paper map is bound in brown board covers with red cloth spine. It is hand coloured and inscribed inside '1868'.
 

Is part of the following Exhibitions: 
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Description

Accession Number: 
1997.437
Object type: 
document

Description

brown leather, embossed, over board, with russet cloth spine; title printed gold `Bett`s Road & Railroad Map of Scotland 5/-`; paper panels mounted on canvas, county boundaries coloured; partial inscription inside cover 1868?

Material: 
paper
Material: 
textile
Material: 
canvas
Number of objects: 
1
Height (cm): 
20.40
Width (cm): 
12.00
Depth (cm): 
1.00
Date - earliest/single: 
01/01/1868 (All day)

Date - latest

01/01/1868
Date - earliest/single certainty: 
circa

Date - latest certainty

circa

Associated

Accession Number: 
1997.437
Object type: 
document
Object production place: 
Publisher
United Kingdom
Associated date: 
01/01/1868
Associated date text: 
1868c
Associated date certainty: 
circa
Associated place: 
East Lothian

Media

Accession Number: 
1997.437
Object type: 
document
Object has been photographed/scanned: 
Yes
Bett's Road and Rail Map of Scotland: Accession No. 1997.437
Image on SCRAN: 
Yes
SCRAN Link: 
Link To SCRAN Record