23. Map of Falmouth Harbour for C S Gilbert

23. Title: To the Hon^ble. John Wodehouse this View of Falmouth Harbour taken from a Chart drawn in y^e reign of King Charles II is humbly Inscribed by his most Obedient Serv^t C S Gilbert. in a title panel (Ab) surmounted by coat of arms and figures wielding clubs.
Date: 1817.
Size: 381 x 250 mm.
Imprint(s): Pub^d. by John Congdon, Dock, Aug^t 1817.
Signature(s): Engraved by  John Cooke Stonehouse Plym^o. below title panel.
Location(s): NLS, BL, Bod, V&A and KB.  

Comments: In An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall ... By C.S. Gilbert and printed and published by John Congdon at Plymouth-Dock.[1] The chart shows the waterway from Falmouth inland as far as Truro and Tregony and also presents Penryn and St Mawes. Many attractive views of the towns and features. Inset 1 (top): Two views; the entrance into Falmouth Harbour; and the entrance into Helford Haven, both with compass bearings. Inset 2 (below): Small sketch map of the entrance to Helford Sound with scale of one mile but without title.

Inset 1: Two views; the entrance into Falmouth Harbour; and the entrance into Helford Haven, both with compass bearings.

Inset 2: Small sketch map of the entrance to Helford Sound with scale of one mile but without title (rotated).

Title panel with Cooke's signature below.

Congdon's imprint.

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[1] The work was also published in London by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown of Pater-noster Row, and by R Ackerman on the Strand.  Copies cited are NLS L.194.d (kindly checked by Robert Betteridge), BL Humanities SPHOA HLL 942.37, Bod 51.B.15-17 and G. A. Cornw. 4° 7, V&A (222.G.7) and the author´s copy . Two or three copies have been digitalised and are available on-lineHathi Trust / GoogleBooks. Not all show the imprints to Plates 17 and 19 of the Heraldic Arms, e.g. lacking in the author´s copy. Best on-line example is at the Wellcome Library. Further copies listed at DEI and Univ. of Exeter. 

 

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