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item:- Carlisle Library : Map
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Map, hand coloured engraving, mounted in three pieces,
The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to a mile, by C
and J Greenwood, published by George Pringle jnr, 70 Queen
Street, Cheapside, London, 1823.
There is a vignette View of Carlisle, engraved by E Stalker.
Each piece has a printed book plate of Charles Robinson with
a coat of arms, three boars heads, and motto 'VIRTUTIS
GLORIA MERCES'; and each piece has a later inscription of an
owner, Isaac Mitchell, Cockermouth.
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Greenwood 1824
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map feature:-
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slip case & sectioned for folding (3 maps each 6x4
sections) & mounted & folded (linen, with marbled
paper end covers) & dedication & vignettes &
table of symbols & (middle sheet) & compass rose
& up is N & scale line & lat and long scales
(trapezoidal projection, Longitude from Greenwich) & sea
plain & coast form lines & rivers & bridges
& lakes & relief & hill hachuring & table of
heights (Altitudes of the PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS) & woods
& forests & parks & county & wards &
settlements & roads & turnpike roads (and toll
gates) & road distances & canals
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inscription:-
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embossed label on slip case spine
GREENWOOD'S / MAP OF / CUMBERLAND
gold on red
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inscription:-
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printed upper left, north piece
MAP / OF / the County of / CUMBERLAND, / From an Actual
Survey Made in the Years 1821, & 1822, / BY / C. & I.
GREENWOOD, / Most Respectfully / Dedicated TO THE Nobility,
Clergy & Gentry OF THE County / BY / THE PROPRIETORS. /
London / Published by Geoe. Pringle Junr. / 70, Queen
Street, / Cheapside. / April, 10th. 1823.
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inscription:-
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printed with vignette
E Stalker Sculpt.
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inscription:-
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printed with scale line
SCALE OF STATUTE MILES.
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scale line:-
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10+1 miles = 273.0 mm
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wxhxd, slip case:-
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18x28.5x5cm
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wxh, folded, each piece:-
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25.5x18cm
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wxh, piece:-
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150x60cm
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wxh, map:-
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1493x1799mm (estimate)
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scale:-
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1 to 65000 ? (1 to 64845 from scale line)
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