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item:- Armitt Library :
A1174.1
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Map, engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland,
Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch,
by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies and
Son, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley,
Keswick, Cumberland, 1827.
Tipped in before the half title page of A Concise
Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 3rd
edition 1827.
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Otley 1818
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map feature:-
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folded (zigzag up, zigzag in) & plain cartouche &
north point & magnetic deviation (26d W) & scale
line & lat and long scales & sea plain & coast
shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hill
hachuring & table of heights & settlements &
roads & canals
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inscription:-
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printed title cartouche, lower left
The District / of the / LAKES; / By J. Otley.
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inscription:-
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printed Bottom left and right
KESWICK Published by Jona. Otley 21st. June 1827. /
Engraved by J. & G. Menzies, Edinr.
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inscription:-
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printed back cover of guide book
MAP OF THE LAKES. / The Map which accompanied the former
Editions of this work, was honoured by the approbation of a
liberal public; and to render it still more worthy of the
patronage it has received, it has been re-engraved with
considerable additions, and is now with confidence offered
as the most correct delineation of the district, yet
published. / It is sold separately, as usual, neatly
coloured and folded into a case for the pocket; with Tables
shewing the height and position of remarkable mountains,
distances of places, &c.- price 3/6. / Keswick, May,
1827.
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scale line:-
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10 miles = 63.1 mm
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wxh, folded:-
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10.5x17.5cm
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wxh, sheet:-
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28x38cm
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wxh, plate:-
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279x354mm
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wxh, map:-
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260x337mm
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scale:-
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1 to 260000 ? (1 to 255047 from scale line)
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