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Old Map Of Oxford City by Thomas Moule / Dower c. 1850

Oxford City and University map by Moule19th century map of Oxford City by Thomas Moule
19th century map of Oxford City and University by Moule
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Scarce old map of Oxford from Barclay's English Dictionary c.1830 - 50, engraved by I Dower. .... Free UK Delivery Free delivery in the UK

Condition: Paper good, bold imprint, later hand colouring, reasonable margins, some age discolouration. Repaired marginagl splits, oneinto engraved area, priced accordingly.

Title: An antique town map Oxford
Medium: Hand coloured engraving. Image Size: 210 x 270mm, 8.25 x 10.5 " approx.
Order No. 2851 Price: £110.00 Paper Size: 230 x 290mm, 9 x 11.5 " approx.
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Biography:
Thomas Moule was a writer on heraldry and antiquities born in 1784 at St Marylebone in London. He carried on business as a bookseller in Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, from about 1816 until 1823, when he became Inspector of 'blind' letters in the General Post Office, his principal duties being the deciphering of such addresses as were illegible to the ordinary clerks. He also held, for many years, the office of Chamber-keeper in the Lord Chamberlain's Department which entitled him to an official residence in the Stable Yard of St James's Palace, where he died on 14 January 1851.

The well-known series of County Maps which are known as 'Moules' were first published in separate sections for each county in 1830-32 and they were then published in collected form in a two-volume work: The English Counties Delineated: or a Topographical Description of England: Illustrated by a Complete Series of County Maps by Thomas Moule: London: Published by George Virtue 1836. Further editions were brought out by Virtue (some with original hand-colouring of the maps) until about 1839. In 1841 the maps appeared in a publication entitled Barclays Complete and Universal English Dictionary with additions to the original plates showing the railways which had been constructed. Normally maps which come from this work are very close trimmed, often into the printed surface, as the format of the dictionary was slightly smaller than the original publication. They are the last series of decorative county maps to be published.

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