Plan de Luxembourg

Description

Manuscript map. Cartographer unknown. 1 visual scale [85 mm = 150 toises]. The map contains two legends, one for features inside the city and one for features outside. A watermark is present in the large, blank, bottom margin of the map that reads, "Whatman 1794" accompanied by a stylized letter "W" surmounted by a shield and a fleur-de-lis. Whatman was a famous British papermaker of high quality stock. A Robert Clifford ownership label is affixed to the verso. Acquired by McMaster University in 1969 as part of the Lord Cholmondeley Collection.

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Luxembourg

Details

Title: Plan de Luxembourg
Creator
Subject
Description: Manuscript map. Cartographer unknown. 1 visual scale [85 mm = 150 toises]. The map contains two legends, one for features inside the city and one for features outside. A watermark is present in the large, blank, bottom margin of the map that reads, "Whatman 1794" accompanied by a stylized letter "W" surmounted by a shield and a fleur-de-lis. Whatman was a famous British papermaker of high quality stock. A Robert Clifford ownership label is affixed to the verso. Acquired by McMaster University in 1969 as part of the Lord Cholmondeley Collection.
Publisher
Contributor
Date: 1794
Type
Format: map, [1:3,200 approximately]
Identifier: macrepo:77565, local: RMC_9437
Source
Language: fre
Relation
Coverage: Luxembourg, Europe--Luxembourg
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