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A Topographical Map of the Town of Reading & the Country,

adjacent to the Extent of Ten Miles; Describing the Main and Cross Roads; also the Seats and Parks of the Nobility and Gentry; The Towns, Parishes, Hamlets, Tithings, Villages, Farms, Rivers, Brooks, Woods, Hills, Valleys, Heaths, Commons, and every remarkable Place within the Survey: Taken by Thos. Pride Land-Surveyor. To the Right Honourable William Lord Craven, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum, &c., &c. of the County of Berks, This Map is Inscribed by his Lordship's most Obedient Servant Thomas Pride.

PRIDE, Thomas
London,
Published as the Act directs, by T. Pride,
July, 24th, 1790.
Second edition. Engraved map, on four sheets joined, dissected and mounted on linen, original hand-coloured in outline, subscribers coats-of-arms to left and right margin, housed in slipcase.
690 by 905mm (27.25 by 35.75 inches).
12020

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The map covers the area from Streatley and Aldermaston in the west to Bagshot and Maidenhead in the east and from Marlow and Nettlebed in the north to Sandhurst in the south. It is a well detailed large-scale survey as described in the title with two restrained cartouches for the title and dedication. The latter is to William Lord Craven, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Berkshire. An important feature of the map is the River Thames which winds its way across the top of the...

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Rodger 18.

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