A collection of engraved maps of Great Britain, England, Scotland and Ireland, c. 16th-18th century
A collection of engraved maps of Great Britain, England, Scotland and Ireland, including coasts, canals, and other general maps (not of counties or particular places), with the following manuscript pieces among others (in the order in which they occur):
- Two drafts of W. Stukeley's 'Mappa Britanniæ faciei Romanæ', probably both by the author, one signed by him (Gough Maps British Isles 14-15)
- A third draft of the same by Carolus Bertramus, 1747 (Gough Maps British Isles 12)
- A copy by W. Stukeley (1750) of the map of Britain and Ireland in the 1482 (Ulm) edition of Ptolemy (Gough Maps British Isles 3)
- An engraved copy of (a) (above) by C. Bertramus, on the back of a manuscript letter from him to Stukeley, 16 Oct. 1755 (Gough Maps British Isles 13)
- A copy by Henry Peters of the map of Britain in the 1540 (Bâle) edition of Ptolemy in Latin (Gough Maps British Isles 4)
- A copy by Stukeley (1720) of Britain in the Peutinger Table (Gough Maps Great Britain 1)
- A map by Stukeley (1724) of Britain in the Antonine Itinerary [Now shelfmarked as Gough Maps British Britain 2]
- A draft of the old map of Britain (MS. Gough Gen. Top. 16, below), made in 1774 (?), with several proofs of the engraved map (Gough Maps Great Britain 12-19)
- A copy of the map of Scotland in 'Arch. Seld. B. 10', olim 26 (O. C. 3356) (Gough Maps Scotland 1)
Dates
- Creation: c. 16th-18th century
Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
- English
Conditions Governing Access
Please order this material via SOLO.
Shelfmark
Gough Maps British Isles 3-4, 13, 12-15; Gough Maps Great Britain 1-2, 12-19; Gough Maps Scotland
Former reference:
Gough Maps 1a
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 17497
Separated Materials
All of the maps in this collection were formerly catalogued and housed in a single volume as Gough Maps 1a. The volume has been disbanded and each map has been invidiually catalogued on SOLO.
The volume also contained printed maps which are now housed separately.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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