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Geometrical Landscape with tables of the relative altitudes calculated from the Trinity High Water mark of the river Thames

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WOOD, Frederick; and William MOFFAT.
London,
J. Gardner,
September, 1828.
Engraved broadsheet with aquatint.
945 by 620mm. (37.25 by 24.5 inches).
15286

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Rare geometrical landscape of the altitudes of the main buildings, parks, squares and reservoirs in London and Westminster and environs, calculated from the Trinity High Water Mark of the river Thames. It is based on the survey and measurements carried out by land-surveyors Frederick Wood (1807-1893) and William Moffat, and is dedicated to King George the Fourth (1762-1830).

It contains two indexes on the left, the first in the alphabetical order of the several o...