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A topographical map of the county of Wilts [cartographic material] : describing the seats of the nobility and gentry turnpike & cross roads, canals &c. Surveyed originally in 1773, by John Andrews & Andrew Dury; drawn from a scale of two inches to one statute mile

Archive Print Item: Whitaker Collection 541

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Type of record: Book

Title: A topographical map of the county of Wilts [cartographic material] : describing the seats of the nobility and gentry turnpike & cross roads, canals &c. Surveyed originally in 1773, by John Andrews & Andrew Dury; drawn from a scale of two inches to one statute mile

Other titles: A map of Wilt Shire

Level: Item

Classmark: Whitaker Collection 541

Creator(s): Faden, William (1750?-1836)

Additional creator(s): Andrews, John geographer (Other); Dury, Andrew (Other); Cipriani, Giovanni Battista (Other); Caldwell, J (Other)

Related people: Andrews, John; Dury, Andrew; Cipriani, Giovanni Battista; Caldwell, J

Publisher: Published by W. Faden

Publication city: [London]

Date(s): Jan. 1st.1810

Language: English

Size and medium: 1 map on 18 sheets

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/298932

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991003958169705181

Description

Inset maps show detached parts of the county.


Includes "A map of Wilt Shire; (taken from an actual survey) being the index map to the large one". The map is divided into 18 squares, each of which contains one sheet of the large map.


"J. Andrews sculp."


Dedicated to the noblemen, gentlemen, clergy and freeholders of the county.


Dedication cartouche shows a goddess and various animals, "G.B. Cipriani inv. J.Caldwell sculp."


Meridian of Salisbury Cathedral.

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