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W. Seale    A Survey of Dorsetshire 1732
£465
39 x 28.5cm


Richard Seale was commissioned to provide this folio county map to accompany John Coker's survey of the county, published by J. Wilcox in 1732. Coker was a Dorset clergyman, whose work was probably written in the first quarter of the 17th century, but was not published until well after his death, the manuscript having been acquired by the London bookseller and publisher John Wilcox. The map carries a dedication by Wilcox to the Hon. George Dodington, a very wealthy local landowner, then M.P. for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, and later created first Baron Melcombe. The work was never re-issued, and is consequently uncommon today. The right hand white margin has been restored where the map was trimmed hard against the neatline.
Ref: DOR 013