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Title Details
475 Pages
23.4 x 15.6 cm
Series: Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks
Series Vol. Number:
18
Imprint: Royal Historical Society
Historians' Guide to Early British Maps
A Guide to the Location of pre-1900 Maps of the British Isles preserved in the U
- Description
The first guide to pre-1900 maps relating to Great Britain and Ireland: essays on different types of map are followed by a comprehensive guide to approx. 450 repositories.
This guide to pre-1900 maps relating to Great Britain and Ireland records for the first time the rich cartographic heritage of these islands. It thus responds to the increasing appreciation of maps as historical documents.
The Guideis divided into two sections. The first describes the history and purpose of maps in a series of short essays on the different types of regional and special maps. Part Two is a guide to the collections. It comprises a comprehensive survey of nearly 450 repositories, from the national libraries to the county record offices, and includes some of the private collections. There is a full record, for example, of the rich holdings of the Oxford and Cambridge colleges. Details are given on each institution's holdings, access, availability of originals, reproductions, indices. The Guideis the first of its kind, we believe, for any country. It should be of great practical value to a wide readership.
This guide to pre-1900 maps relating to Great Britain and Ireland records for the first time the rich cartographic heritage of these islands. It thus responds to the increasing appreciation of maps as historical documents.
The Guideis divided into two sections. The first describes the history and purpose of maps in a series of short essays on the different types of regional and special maps. Part Two is a guide to the collections. It comprises a comprehensive survey of nearly 450 repositories, from the national libraries to the county record offices, and includes some of the private collections. There is a full record, for example, of the rich holdings of the Oxford and Cambridge colleges. Details are given on each institution's holdings, access, availability of originals, reproductions, indices. The Guideis the first of its kind, we believe, for any country. It should be of great practical value to a wide readership.
Hardcover
9780861931415
November 1994
$85.00 / £60.00
Title Details
475 Pages
2.34 x 1.56 cm
Series: Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks
Series Vol. Number:
18
Imprint: Royal Historical Society