Item details: City and University of Oxford
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MOULE, Thomas
City and University of Oxford
Imprint: London, 1840
245 x 185 mm., one or two light foxmarks otherwise in good condition.
From 'Barclay's Dictionary'. Moule (1784-1851) was a noted historian, map seller and publisher. His finest work is the 'English Counties Delineated' first published in 1837. The publisher was George Virtue who used the same beautiful plates in his publication of Rev. James Barclay's 'Dictionary'. The maps are considered the most attractive of all the later English county maps. This plan of Oxford is engraved by James Bingley is attractively decorated with heraldic arms of the city, and the various University Colleges along with views of Christchurch College and Oxford itself.
Stock number:8920.