Cantabrigia illustrata : contenant: les vûës de la ville de Cambridge, avec ses edifices, & ses maisons de campagne, comme aussi des autres lieux circonvoisins; representées en tailles-douces très exactes, avec des explications dessous chaque planche.
Published / Created:
A Leide : Chez Pierre vander Aa, dans l'Academie, [ca. 1700]
Physical Description:
[4] p., [44] leaves of plates, [1] folded : ill., maps ; 20 x 24 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsLF114 .L64 1700Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Letterpress t.p. within ruled border.The plates are taken from David Loggan's "Cantabrigia illustrata" (Cambridge, ca. 1690, Wing L2837), with some alterations and additions.The plates include a map of south-west England and south Wales, maps of the counties of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, and of the towns of Cambridge and Buckingham.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in gilt-tooled calf; text block edges sprinkled red. Has bound with it: Vûës des villes, edifices & autres choses remarquables de l'Escosse & d'Irlande. Leiden, [ca. 1700].
Subject Terms:
University of Cambridge -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. | Country homes -- England -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. | Manors -- England -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. | Cambridge (England) -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. | Ely (England) -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Engraving -- Specimens -- [ca. 1700]