COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
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Maps Collection
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Image Number:
JRL1211208
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JRL1211208
Image Number
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Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C269.2
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Booker & Mills C269.2
Reference Number
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Parent Work Title:
An accurate map of the counties of Leicester and Rutland divided into their respective hundreds. Drawn from the best authorities & illustrated with historical extracts relative to natural history, produce, trade & manufactures; distinguishing also amongst various other improvements, the rectories, vicarages, charity schools, religious house &c.
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An accurate map of the counties of Leicester and Rutland divided into their respective hundreds. Drawn from the best authorities & illustrated with historical extracts relative to natural history, produce, trade & manufactures; distinguishing also amongst various other improvements, the rectories, vicarages, charity schools, religious house &c.
Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767
creator
Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Cartographer
creator_role
Cartographer
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
c1760
date_created
c1760
Date Created
false
Description:
Leicester and Rutland. Coloured map with latitude and longitude marked around the edge. The map is very rich in detail including cities, place names, rivers and mountains. Castles, mountains and significant buildings are illustrated by drawings. Boundaries are denoted by coloured lines. Bottom left is a large ornate cartouche containing the title and the words: 'By Eman Bowen, Geogr. to his Majesty'. Bottom right another ornate cartouche contains the dedication: 'To the most Noble John Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant & Custos Rotulorum for the county of Leicester, and to the Rt Honourable Brownlow Cecil Earl of Exeter, Lord Lieutenant & Custos Rotulorum for the county of Rutland. This map is dedicated by their obed.t and humble Servt. Eman Bowen'. Around the map are paragraphs giving statistical and historical data about the area and the various seats of nobility. Printed along the bottom is: 'London. Printed for Laurie & Whittle 53 Fleet Street, R Wilkinson 58 Cornhill and Bowles & Carver 69 St Pauls Church Yard.'
description
Leicester and Rutland. Coloured map with latitude and longitude marked around the edge. The map is very rich in detail including cities, place names, rivers and mountains. Castles, mountains and significant buildings are illustrated by drawings. Boundaries are denoted by coloured lines. Bottom left is a large ornate cartouche containing the title and the words: 'By Eman Bowen, Geogr. to his Majesty'. Bottom right another ornate cartouche contains the dedication: 'To the most Noble John Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant & Custos Rotulorum for the county of Leicester, and to the Rt Honourable Brownlow Cecil Earl of Exeter, Lord Lieutenant & Custos Rotulorum for the county of Rutland. This map is dedicated by their obed.t and humble Servt. Eman Bowen'. Around the map are paragraphs giving statistical and historical data about the area and the various seats of nobility. Printed along the bottom is: 'London. Printed for Laurie & Whittle 53 Fleet Street, R Wilkinson 58 Cornhill and Bowles & Carver 69 St Pauls Church Yard.'
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Language Code:
eng
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eng
Language Code
false
Language Name:
English
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English
Language Name
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Category of Material:
Printed
category
Printed
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Maps
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Maps
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
technique
Printing (process)
Technique Used
false
Support:
Paper
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Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
temporal_coverage
17th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: Rutland
spatial_coverage
England: Rutland
Places Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: Leicestershire
spatial_coverage
England: Leicestershire
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
818 mm
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818 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
780 mm
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780 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
former_repository
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-02-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB