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Dedicated to a smelly Duke.
Title An Accurate Map of the County of Bedford actually surveyed after a New Method by William Gordon, Gent, 1736.
Author GORDON, William.
Publication date 1736.
Engraved map on two sheets (each 480 by 680mm).
Notes
William Gordon is known only through the production of two surveys, of Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire.
The seats of local gentry are shown with small shields bearing the arms of the inhabitants next to them. A two inch grid has been engraved over the map with letters in the borders forming a reference key to the Index Villaris, which lists "Names of Places and Chief Persons" of over 160 towns and villages in the county.
The map is dedicated to Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, and Lord Lieutenant of Bedford. Grey was a rather unsuccessful politician, who was nicknamed "Bug" in the House of Lords for his unpleasant body odour. He was more successful as a patron of the Royal Academy of Music, and a founding governor of the Foundling's Hospital.
Bibliography
Rodger 1.
Dimensions
(if joined) 960 by 1320mm) (37.75 by 52 inches).Stock number
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