Beck’s 1933 Passenger Map in Guidebook Lüneburg folding into worn marbled slipcase

folding into worn marbled slipcase with letterpress title (‘Worcestershire

represents a significant advance towards the issuing of passenger maps in a convenient format

Underground Railways of London/What to see and how to travel: Map of the Electric Railways of London

Theatrum Europaeum and the Topographia Germaniae

West Indies – Tobago – Scarborough – Rockly Bay

Beck’s 1933 Passenger Map in Guidebook Lüneburg folding into worn marbled slipcaseA first edition of the famous diagram from January 1933 Becks diagram is one of the most innovative and influential designs of the twentieth century, and he was responsible for revising and updating it over most of the next three decades. Note the diamond interchange stations, and the cautious note on the cover: 'A new design for an old map. We should welcome your comments'. The London Underground was already sixty years old when Becks schematic map