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This beautifully produced book demands a leisurely browse so that one can take in both the informative text and the rewarding illustrations. The Bodleian Library must be congratulated in making this selection available from the huge bequest of , books, prints, maps and manuscripts on British subjects amassed by Richard Gough during a lifetime of collecting. Gough was named 'Father of British Topography' by his executor John Nichols; his Anecdotes of British Topography, published in when he was only thirty-three, soon became a standard work of reference. As a collector, he acquired some much-prized rarities, among them the 'Gough map' of Britain, of c , bought for s d, included here together with other less well-known maps and plans. But the chief focus is on prints, drawings and watercolours, the records of a pre-photographic age. As Nurse explains in his introduction, this selection reflects both the development of topographic recording during Gough's lifetime, and a growing interest in the appearance of London, then by far the largest city in Europe. Gough himself promoted meticulous recording, much of it in connection with the Society of Antiquaries, as he sought suitable illustrations for his historical research, notably Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain (-), commissioning James Basire, John Carter and Jacob Schnebbelie to produce detailed drawings. The selection in this book displays both his antiquarian concerns and his lively interest in
The Journal of the Archaeological Institute of America
2005
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