Antique Map, Yorkshire West Riding, 1840

Highly decorated steel engraved map, hand coloured, with illustrations of Harewood House and Heraldic Shields. It also shows railway stations.
The map was created by Thomas Moule (1784-1851) He is well known for the very decorative but very detailed county maps which he embellished in his own fashion. All his maps are decorated with the heraldic shields of each county. He was very interested in History, and even wrote a book on Heraldry.
Barclay’s Universal English Dictionary, published by George Virtue, circa 1840.

Size 26 x 20 cm Condition good, but trimmed to border.