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    ANTIQUE MAP OF LEICESTERSHIRE

PUBLISHED BY G.VIRTUE AROUND 1845 SHOWING THE RAILWAY LINE. FINE LINE ENGRAVING WITH A DECORATIVE BORDER, HERALDIC SHIELDS AND VIGNETTES OF BELVOIRA CASTLE, VLVERSCROFT ABBY, DONINGTON CASTLE AND FOX HUNTING SCENES.A STEEL ENGRAVED MAP WITH HAND COLOURING.19 X 28CM, SLIGHT AGE RELATED WEAR. 

THOMAS MOULE 1784-1851 WAS A SCHOLAR AND WRITER ON HERALDY AND ANTIQUITIES WHO WORKED IN LONDON AS A BOOKSELLER AND LATER IN THE LORD CHAMBERLAINS DEPARTMENT. THE COUNTY MAPS FOR WHICH HE IS BEST KNOWN WERE FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE 1830s DURING THE REIGN OF WILLIAM IV AND REISSUED IN 1841 DURING THE REIGN OF VICTORIA. THE ORIGINAL STEEL PLATES WERE USED FOR ALL ISSUES, BUT THEY WERE AMENDED IN THE LATER EDITION TO SHOW THE RAILWAYS.