Hollar's map of the Great Fire of London, 1666 : an exact survey of the streets, lanes and churches contained within the ruins of the City of London / by Wenceslas Hollar
- Bib ID:
- 7327659
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677
- Scale:
- Scale not given (W 0°07ʹ11ʺ--W 0°04ʹ26ʺ/N 51°31ʹ19ʺ--N 51°30ʹ26ʺ).
- Description:
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- [Oxford, United Kingdom] : Old House Books, [2013]
- ©2013
- 1 map : color ; 38 x 57 cm, folded in cover/envelope 22 x 16 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781908402493
- 1908402490
- Summary:
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An illustrated coloured map showing the full extent of the dreadful fire that engulfed the City during the reign of King Charles II. The Great Fire of London started at the king's bakery in Pudding Lane and before the last flames were extinguished 5 days later 426 acres, 13,200 houses and 87 churches, including St. Paul's Cathedral, lay in ruins. This pictorial map was commissioned by The Lord Mayor to plan the re-construction.
- Notes:
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- Reduced facsimile.
- Relief shown pictorially.
- "Based on an original map in the collection of The Museum of London and coloured for publication by © Old House Books. Reprinted in 2013."
- "© Old House, 2013"--The conclusion of the text found inside the cover/envelope.
- There is a bar scale on the map, but since it is a reduction of the original map the scale is not determinable.
- Includes color illustration, "The prospect of this citty as it appeared from the opposite Southwarke side, in the fire time", indexes to churches, businesses, college halls, and other points of interest and city wards, notes, and City of London coat of arms.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1666
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
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- Map of the Great Fire of London, 1666
- Title on cover/envelope: Hollar's map of the Great Fire of London map 1666 : engraved in 1666 by renowned Bohemian artist Wenceslas Hollar, this map shows the extent of the devastation caused by the Great Fire of London
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2006
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