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Oxfordshire : described with ye citie and the armes of the colledges of ye famous university

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Title: Oxfordshire : described with ye citie and the armes of the colledges of ye famous university
Creator: Speed, John, 1552?-1629, creator
Contributor: Sudbury, John
Humble, George, d. 1640
Hardacre, Paul H., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1605
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Detached from the author's The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine. 1611 (cf. RB #69520 v.2). Includes inset of Oxford; arms of colleges, Oxford University, Elfred (founder of Oxford), Vere, Earl of Oxford, and the royal arms. With descriptive text on recto of first leaf; list of Oxfordshire Hundreds on verso of 2nd leaf; with notation of "Fol. 45" and "Fol. 46", signature M2 on first leaf. Initial; text leaf 1 in two columns with side-bars; leaf 2 in six columns. Removed from RB 69520, volume 2. Submap: Oxford. Figures: Oxford scholars. Border: Coats of Arms of Colleges. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map 39 x 53 cm., sheet 43 x 53 cm.
Identifier: 497301
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/3834
Language: English
Subject: University of Oxford
Oxfordshire (England)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Oxford (England)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period: 1602
Place: Europe United Kingdom England Oxfordshire
W 01°15'00"/N 51°50'00"
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Gift of Paul Hardacre.

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