Herefordshire
hover the cursor over image to pan/zoom, or click the image to view a larger version click here to view a large version in a separate window |
With a vignette view of Goodrich Castle, Garnstone House and Hereford, and a title entwined in an apple tree, this is a popular map of Herefordshire. Maps by Thomas Moule (1784-1851) are probably, with those by Speed, the best known of all series of English county maps. Issued from 1830, the maps combine a clarity of cartographic style with immense detail, by way of
vignette views, scenes and portraits relating to the county shown, often set within a gothic architectural or floral surround, into which armorial devices and so on are worked. As the editions of the maps were published, first in "The English Counties Delineated" and later in "Barclay's English
Dictionary", the development of the network of railways throughout England can be observed. Moule, like many other map-makers and map-sellers before him, was a man of many talents. As an author his output included books, papers on topography, history, genealogy, heraldry and architecture. The
57 maps and plans produced for Moule's "English Counties Delineated", originally issued as a part-work, include maps of each English county, the towns of London, Bath, Boston, Portsmouth and Plymouth, and the Isles of Wight, Man and Thanet. Frequently entitled "the last series of decorative county maps" they are informative maps, as popular now as they were in the early years of Queen Victoria's reign.
region: Herefordshire
mapmaker:
T.Moule
place and date of publication:
London 1837
medium and colour:
Steel plate, Coloured
ref:
24647
size in cms: 18.5 x 26.5 Price: £ 100 |
|
Go back return to English County Maps B-K |
You might also like
 A New Map Of Herefordshire ... by T.Kitchin price: £ 120 |
 An Accurate Map Of Hereford Shire Divided Into Its Hundreds ... by E.Bowen / T.Kitchin price: £ 360 |
 Herefordshire by J.Harrison price: £ 120 |
 Bedford Shire by E.Bowen / J.Owen price: £ 80 |
Devon And Cornwall Record Society New Series, Vol. 34 - A New Map Of The County Of Cornwall Newly Surveyed Bt Joel Gascoyne Ravenhill, W.L.D. and O.J.Padel price: £ 60 |
 Collecting Antique Maps - A New Edition With Price Guide An Introduction To Cartography by Potter, Jonathan price: £ 20 |