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An exact survey of the citys of London Westminster, ye borough of Southwark and the country near ten miles round begun in 1741 & ended in 1745 Accurata descriptio urbium Londinensis et Westmonasteriensis, nec non municipii Southwarkensis = Carte topographique des villes de Londres et de Westminster, du Bourg de Southwark
Title
An exact survey of the citys of London Westminster, ye borough of Southwark and the country near ten miles round begun in 1741 & ended in 1745 [cartographic material] = Accurata descriptio urbium Londinensis et Westmonasteriensis, nec non municipii Southwarkensis = Carte topographique des villes de Londres et de Westminster, du Bourg de Southwark / by John Rocque & engrav'd by Richard Parr.
Publication
[London] : [John Rocque], [1769]
Physical Description
1 map on 16 sheets ; 175 x 251 cm, sheets 55 x 76 cm
Cartographic Detail
Scale approximately 1:12,300 (W 0°21'38"--E 0°04'48"/N 51°34'54"--N 51°23'19").
Local Notes
BEIN 2017 Folio 53: No. 2 of 2 titles bound together in volume with manuscript index and binder's title "Environs of London by John Rocque, 1741-1745." Armorial bookplate: Alexander George Findlay.
Notes
Contains dedication to Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington from John Rocque.
Date in imprint from Printed maps of London, J. Howgego.
Eighth edition. Sheet 1 has imprint, 'Printed for Robert Sayer, No.53 in Fleet Street, & Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yards, London'. Sheet 6 has, 'Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, & Robert Sayer, No.53 in Fleet Street, London'. Sheet 13 has, 'Publish'd ye 28th. of Decr. 1744, by J. Rocque in Hide Park Road'.
New Road from Paddington (Marylebone Road), Black Fryers Bridge with its south approach and the roads across St. George's Fields are shown.
Variant and related titles
Accurata descriptio urbium Londinensis et Westmonasteriensis, nec non municipii Southwarkensis
Carte topographique des villes de Londres et de Westminster, du Bourg de Southwark
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English; French; Latin
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2017
References
Howgego, James. Printed maps of London, circa 1553-1850, number 94 (8), pages 95-96
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Early maps.
Early works.
Maps.
Maps.
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
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England London.
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