ANTIQUE MAP LINCOLNSHIRE C1780 HAND COLOURED COPPER PLATE BY JOHN SELLERS COMPLETE WITH COUNTY TEXT ON BOTTOM OF MAP & ON REVERSE PAGE, 2 PRINTS & BACK PAGE WITH LONDON NOTES ON REVERSEORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN GROSSE'S ANTIQUITIES This map was published in "The Antiquities of England and Wales", by Francis Grose. Francis Grose (1731–1791) was an antiquary and lexicographer, of Swiss extraction. He published Antiquities of England and Wales (1773–87), which was well received, and thereafter, in 1789, set out on an antiquarian tour through Scotland, the fruit of which was Antiquity of Scotland (1789–91). He afterwards undertook a similar expedition to Ireland, but died suddenly at Dublin OVERALL SIZE 18 CMS WIDE BY 26 CMS DEEP APPROX PRINTS ARE OF BISHOP'S PALACE & NEWPORT GATE LINCOLN MAP IS IN GOOD CONDITION BUT HAS LIGHT FOXING THAT SHOULD CLEAN OUT- HAS BEEN HAND COLOURED AT A LATER DATE |
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