To His Highness George Prince of Wales etc. This Actual Survey of the County of Salop
is most humbly Inscribed By His Most Dutiful and Obedient Servant, John Rocque.
London,
Published according to Act of Parliament by John Rocque in the Strand,
1752
Engraved map on four sheets.
1200 by 1020mm. (47.25 by 40.25 inches).
14483
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An outstanding example of the first map of the county on a scale of one inch to one mile, and the first of Rocque's county survey. It established a pattern that was to continue with the 1 inch survey of Middlesex, and the two inch surveys of Berkshire and Surrey. The survey is typical of Rocque, with minute ichnographical detail and fields depicted in a way that allowed land use to be easily ascertained. As with many of this other maps, both the extravagant dedicatory carto...
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“Who can consider human affairs to be great, when he comprehends the eternity and vastness of the entire world?” (Cicero, legend in the border)
Catalogue VIII: Views of London
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