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Rocque, John, -1762

A new and accurate survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark : with the country about it for nineteen miles in length and thirteen in depth...

1751

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A new and accurate survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark : with the country about it for nineteen miles in length and thirteen in depth... /, London : Sold by the proprietor, John Rocque, next the Barr, in Southampton-Street, Covent Garden : 1751, Yale Center for British Art.




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  • Creator

    Rocque, John, -1762

  • Title(s)

    A new and accurate survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark : with the country about it for nineteen miles in length and thirteen in depth... / by John Rocque ... = Urbium maxime insignium Londini et Westmonasterii nec non municipii Sudovercencis, regionumque ad decem quasi milliaria circumjacentium ... / a Johanne Rocque ... = Carte topographique des villes de Londres, Westminster, et bourg de Southwark et des leurs environs contenant l'espace de dixneuf miles en longeur et de trieze en largeur... / par Jean Rocque...

  • Published/Created

    London : Sold by the proprietor, John Rocque, next the Barr, in Southampton-Street, Covent Garden : 1751.

  • Physical Description

    1 atlas ([2], [32] leaves) : maps ; 55 cm.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Folio A G 11
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Folio A G 13
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  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Maps & Atlas (printed)

  • Scale

    Scale [ca. 1:100,000].

  • Notes

    BAC: British Art Center Folio A G 11 copy is bound with: Plan of the cities of London and Westminster and boough of Southwark. London, 1746. The Folio A G 13 copy is bound with A plan of London on the same scale as that of Paris / John Rocque. London, 1754.
    T.p. printed in red and black.
    Except for presence of t.p. & list of subscribers, this is identical to Rocque's 16-sheet map published in 1746 under title: An exact survey of the city's of London, Westminster, ye borough of Southwark and the country near ten miles round : began in 1741 & ended in 1745.
    Engraved by Richard Parr.
    Relief shown by hachures and land form drawings.
    Howgego, J. Printed maps of the British Isles, 94 (6)
  • Subject Terms

    London (England) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. |
    London Region (England) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. |
    Rocque, John, -1762 -- Provenance.

  • Form/Genre

    Atlases. | Engravings -- 1751. | Etchings -- 1751. | Maps -- England -- London -- 1751.

  • Contributors

    Parr, Richard, engraver.

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