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Map of Wessex of the Novels and Poems of Thomas Hardy, by Emery Walker 1918

Map of Wessex of the Novels and Poems of Thomas Hardy, by Emery Walker 1918

Product SKU: P-6-108655

Price £22.00

'Map of Wessex of the Novels and Poems' by Emery Walker (1918). Antique sketch map, 19.0 x 24.0cm, 7.25 x 9.25 inches; Please note that this is a folding map.
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CAPTION PRINTED BELOW PICTURE: 'Map of Wessex of the Novels and Poems'

An attractive compact map of Thomas Hardy's Wessex, the fictional literary landscape created by the author as the setting for his major novels, in the south and southwest of England. Much like the novels, the map blends fiction and reality - underscored by his description of Wessex as "a merely realistic dream country". Although the places featured in Hardy’s novels are based on real locations, he often gave them fictional names. For instance, his hometown of Dorchester is famously renamed Casterbridge in his books, most notably in The Mayor of Casterbridge. On the map, fictional place names are indicated in italics, while real-world locations appear in standard text. Hardy named the region "Wessex" after the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom that existed in this part of that country prior to the unification of England by Æthelstan; his resurrection of the name "Wessex" is largely responsible for reintroducing the term into popular modern usage. The map features charming pictorial and decorative flourishes, including a compass rose, masted sailing ships, a whale and other sea creatures.

DATE PRINTED: 1918    

IMAGE SIZE: Approx 19.0 x 24.0cm, 7.25 x 9.25 inches (Medium); Please note that this is a folding map.

TYPE: Antique sketch map

CONDITION: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated. We offer a no questions asked return policy.

AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic historic print, published at the date stated above. It is not a modern copy.

VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain

FOLDING: This is a folding print.

ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Emery Walker

PROVENANCE: The Wessex Novels, by Thomas Hardy, published by Macmillan & Co., Ltd., St. Martin's Street, London

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