A Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Lincoln, Chief Commissioner of Her Majest's Woods,Forests,Land Revenues etc on the Present State and Direction of the Roads Intersecting Parks and Grounds of Windsor Castle and on the Thoroughfares of the Town of Windsor with Suggestions for Their Improvement. With an Appendix Containing Maps,Plans and Explanations

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Edité par Printed for Presentation Only, 1845

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Royal folio 19 inches by 13 inches. Brown half leather with diamond dentiled boards and gilt lettering. Some leather scuffs. No dustwrapper as issued. Marbled end papers. Possible repair to marbled FFEP. Some light foxing as usual. With 5 wonderful maps. 1) Norden's Map of Windsor Forest first published in 1607. 2) Norden's Map of the Little Park. 3) Collier's Map of Windsor Castle and Environs (Reduced copy of the 1742 map) 4) Map Showing the Present State of the Parks, Roads and Thoroughfares of Windsor 1845. 5) Map Illustrating the Proposed Alterations in the Parks etc This, The Countess of Gainsborough's copy. Frances Noel Countess of Gainsborough (1814-1885) Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria. Daughter of the 3rd Earl of Roden. Robert Richard Tighe (1799-1873) wrote to the Earl of Lincoln in this address suggesting substantial improvements around Windsor Castle for the good of the town, stating "That while large sums have been expended upon the buildings (The Castle) comparatively little has been done for the Parks adjacent". Numerous large scale changes especially of road layout were suggested. In 1846 small pieces of land were aquired and gradually Tighe's suggested were adopted in government policy and incorporated in the 'Windsor Improvement Act' passed in 1848 and mostly completed by 1850. Possibly one of 100 copies, 14 text pages and 5 maps, 1250g. …

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A Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Lincoln, Chief Commissioner of Her Majest's Woods,Forests,Land Revenues etc on the Present State and Direction of the Roads Intersecting Parks and Grounds of Windsor Castle and on the Thoroughfares of the Town of Windsor with Suggestions for Their Improvement. With an Appendix Containing Maps,Plans and Explanations
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Robert Richard Tighe Esq
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Printed for Presentation Only
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1845
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anglais
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Blacklock's Rare Books (blacklocksrarebooks@gmail.com) was founded by Graham Dennis in 1988 from premises in Englefield Green. Since 2014 we have been dealing in rare books and expanded our specialism in polo books, prints and original artwork online. We carry the largest range of polo material in Britain. Our range of limited edition prints has grown over the years to represent the largest selection of new polo art on the market. Amongst our rare books are many sporting titles along with a considerable stock of antiquarian books from our former shop. Graham is also Archivist to Guards Polo Club.…

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