Difference between revisions of "MRP: Visual & material culture"
m |
|||
| (34 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
01/12/11, CSG: Restructured heading typeface size | 01/12/11, CSG: Restructured heading typeface size | ||
| + | 02/01/12, CSG: Changed name of page to Visual and Material culture | ||
---- | ---- | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Overview''' |
This page is a provisional page addressing potential sources on the visual and material culture of merchants and of related occupations, with the focus on illuminating the visual and material culture of George Oxenden, Elizabeth Dalyson, and their commercial, family, and social circles. | This page is a provisional page addressing potential sources on the visual and material culture of merchants and of related occupations, with the focus on illuminating the visual and material culture of George Oxenden, Elizabeth Dalyson, and their commercial, family, and social circles. | ||
| Line 11: | Line 12: | ||
__TOC__ | __TOC__ | ||
---- | ---- | ||
| − | == | + | ==Suggested links== |
| − | + | See [[MRP: Visual images| Visual image wiki index]] | |
| − | + | See [[MRP: Copyright: text, images & maps|Copyright: text, images & maps]] | |
| + | ---- | ||
| + | ==To do== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | ==Engraving sources== | ||
| + | ===Engraving sources: East coast of America=== | ||
| + | |||
| + | Hondius, Jodicus Jr. | ||
| + | |||
| + | - "In 1618 Jodocus Jr. published the important map "Nova Virginiae Tabula" engraved by Dirk Grijp, being the first and most important derivative of John Smith's map of Virginia originally published in 1612. (Burden, America, 193)"<ref>http://www.swaen.com/jodocus-hondius-1629.php, viewed 10/01/12</ref> | ||
---- | ---- | ||
| − | |||
===Engraving sources: Brasil=== | ===Engraving sources: Brasil=== | ||
| Line 23: | Line 33: | ||
- Full-page engraved portrait, and 56 finely engraved double-page maps, plans and views on 58 sheets | - Full-page engraved portrait, and 56 finely engraved double-page maps, plans and views on 58 sheets | ||
- See [http://www.forumrarebooks.com/Barlaeus-Baerle-Caspar-Rerum-per-octennium-in-brasilia.html Antiquariaat Forum: Rare books: recent acquisitions] | - See [http://www.forumrarebooks.com/Barlaeus-Baerle-Caspar-Rerum-per-octennium-in-brasilia.html Antiquariaat Forum: Rare books: recent acquisitions] | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
---- | ---- | ||
===Engraving sources: Caribbean islands=== | ===Engraving sources: Caribbean islands=== | ||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | ===Engraving sources: East Indies=== | ||
---- | ---- | ||
===Engraving sources: England=== | ===Engraving sources: England=== | ||
| Line 36: | Line 46: | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QHIGiNB8MB0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=thumbnail&q&f=false Brewer, J. Norris, ''Introduction to the Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, Intituled the Beauties of England and Wales'' (London, 1818)] | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QHIGiNB8MB0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=thumbnail&q&f=false Brewer, J. Norris, ''Introduction to the Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, Intituled the Beauties of England and Wales'' (London, 1818)] | ||
| + | |||
| + | Buck, Samuel and Nathaniel, ''Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England'', vols. ?-? (London, 1726-1739) | ||
| + | - "Samuel & Nathaniel Buck"Buck's Views" as they were called are 428 views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles, together with four views of seats and eighty-three large general views of the chief cities and towns of England and Wales"<ref>http://www.heatons-of-tisbury.co.uk/buck6.html, viewed 10/01/12</ref> | ||
Evans, J., & J. Britton, ''A new display of the beauties of England'', vol. 1, 3rd ed. (London, 1776)] | Evans, J., & J. Britton, ''A new display of the beauties of England'', vol. 1, 3rd ed. (London, 1776)] | ||
- Deals with places within twenty miles from London | - Deals with places within twenty miles from London | ||
| + | - ?Further volume covers Kent, Essex, Middlesex, Surrey (London & Surrey excepted), Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Sussex, Oxfordshire, and Bedfordshire | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/ebooks/reader?id=WKUuAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PP13 Evans, J., & J. Britton, ''A new display of the beauties of England'', vol. 2, 3rd ed. (London, 1776)] | [http://books.google.co.uk/ebooks/reader?id=WKUuAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PP13 Evans, J., & J. Britton, ''A new display of the beauties of England'', vol. 2, 3rd ed. (London, 1776)] | ||
- Deals with places in England further than twenty miles from London | - Deals with places in England further than twenty miles from London | ||
| − | + | Gaspey, William, ''Tallis's illustrated London : in commemoration of the Great exhibition of all nations in 1851 : forming a complete guide to the British metropolis and its environs'', vol. 1 (London, 1851) | |
| − | + | ||
Morden, Robert, ''The new description and state of England, containing the maps of the counties of England and Wales'', 2nd edn. (London, 1704) | Morden, Robert, ''The new description and state of England, containing the maps of the counties of England and Wales'', 2nd edn. (London, 1704) | ||
- Fifty-three copper plates | - Fifty-three copper plates | ||
| − | - | + | - Available as Google Free-Eook |
Spencer, Nathaniel, ''The complete English traveller'', (London, 1771) | Spencer, Nathaniel, ''The complete English traveller'', (London, 1771) | ||
| − | '' | + | [http://www.archive.org/stream/travelsofcosmoth00magarich#page/n9/mode/2up Unknown author, An Italian manuscript published by Mawman as the ''Travels of Cosmo the Third, Grand Duke of Tuscany, through England, during the Reign of King Charles the Second'' (1669) (but published in this form London 1821)] |
| + | - The text contains a number of views "as delineated at that period by artists in the suite of Cosmo" | ||
| + | Weale, John, ''The pictorial handbook of London comprising its antiquities, architecture, arts ... and scientific institutions ....'' (London, 1854) | ||
| + | XXXX, ''The Modern Universal British Traveller; or A New Complete, and Accurate Tour through England, Wales, Scotland, and the Neighbouring Islands'' [London: J. Cooke] [1779] | ||
---- | ---- | ||
===Engraving sources: France=== | ===Engraving sources: France=== | ||
| Line 68: | Line 84: | ||
===Engraving sources: Ottoman Empire=== | ===Engraving sources: Ottoman Empire=== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Online sellers of engravings== | ||
| + | ===Netherlands based=== | ||
| + | |||
| + | Gert Jan Bestebrertje Rare Books | ||
| + | - Vianen, the Netherlands | ||
| + | - http://www.gertjanbestebreurtje.com | ||
| + | - Catalogue 51: Dutch West India Company<ref>http://www.gertjanbestebreurtje.com/application/uploads/files/Catalogues/List_51_WIC.pdf, viewed 08/01/12</ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | Antiquariaat Forum | ||
| + | - t Goy-Houten, the Netherlands | ||
| + | http://www.forumrarebooks.com | ||
---- | ---- | ||
| − | === | + | ===UK based=== |
| + | |||
| + | Heatons of Tisbury | ||
| + | - http://www.heatons-of-tisbury.co.uk - Heatons of Tisbury | ||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | ===US based=== | ||
| + | |||
| + | Paulus Swaen, Florida | ||
| + | - http://www.swaen.com | ||
| + | |||
| + | RareCharts, South Carolina | ||
| + | - http://www.rarecharts.com | ||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | ==Topographical guides== | ||
| + | |||
| + | [http://www.archive.org/stream/manualofbritisht00daniuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Daniell, Walter V.; Nield, Frederick J., Manual of British topography, a catalogue of county and local histories, pamphlets, views, drawings, maps, etc. connected with and illustrating the principal localities in the United Kingdom (London, 1909)] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | ==Public non-commercial sources of images== | ||
| + | |||
| + | By far the best source of high quality black and white digital images for non-commercial use on this wiki is the Bibliothèque nationale de France: Gallica.bnf.fr<ref>http://gallica.bnf.fr</ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | See [http://gallica.bnf.fr/html/editorial/conditions-dutilisation-des-contenus-de-gallica BNF non-commercial reproduction conditions] | ||
| + | |||
| + | Historic cities website, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | ||
| + | - Images are copyrighted, though the underlying physical documents are out of copyright | ||
| + | - See http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/historic_cities.html | ||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | ==Cartographic bibliography== | ||
| + | |||
| + | Howgego, James, ''Printed Maps of London circa 1553-1850'', 2nd ed., Wm. Dawson and Sons, Ltd, Kent, England, 1978 [No. 184]. | ||
| − | + | - [http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/1818map/1818map_linkbw.htm John Cary map of London, pre-1818] | |
| − | + | - Greenwood map of London, 1827 | |
Latest revision as of 15:21, April 15, 2014
Visual & Material culture
Editorial history
01/12/11, CSG: Restructured heading typeface size
02/01/12, CSG: Changed name of page to Visual and Material culture
Overview
This page is a provisional page addressing potential sources on the visual and material culture of merchants and of related occupations, with the focus on illuminating the visual and material culture of George Oxenden, Elizabeth Dalyson, and their commercial, family, and social circles.
Contents
Suggested links
See Copyright: text, images & maps
To do
Engraving sources
Engraving sources: East coast of America
Hondius, Jodicus Jr.
- "In 1618 Jodocus Jr. published the important map "Nova Virginiae Tabula" engraved by Dirk Grijp, being the first and most important derivative of John Smith's map of Virginia originally published in 1612. (Burden, America, 193)"[1]
Engraving sources: Brasil
Barlaues (Van Baerle), Casparis, Rerum per octennium in Brasilia et alibi nuper gestarum, sub praefectura illustrissimi Comitis, ex typographico Ioannis Blaeu (Amsterdam, 1647)
- Full-page engraved portrait, and 56 finely engraved double-page maps, plans and views on 58 sheets
- See Antiquariaat Forum: Rare books: recent acquisitions
Engraving sources: Caribbean islands
Engraving sources: East Indies
Engraving sources: England
Beverell, James, Les Delices de la Grande Bretagne (Leiden, XXXX)
- Published by Pieter van der Aa, Leiden
- See 'Mercers Chappel'; an early uncoloured engraving of Mercers' Hall on Cheapside. Uncoloured. Good condition. This was the first home of Bank Of England in 1694 and the Head Office of the East India Company in 1702. 6 1/4 x 5 inches
Buck, Samuel and Nathaniel, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, vols. ?-? (London, 1726-1739)
- "Samuel & Nathaniel Buck"Buck's Views" as they were called are 428 views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles, together with four views of seats and eighty-three large general views of the chief cities and towns of England and Wales"[2]
Evans, J., & J. Britton, A new display of the beauties of England, vol. 1, 3rd ed. (London, 1776)]
- Deals with places within twenty miles from London
- ?Further volume covers Kent, Essex, Middlesex, Surrey (London & Surrey excepted), Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Sussex, Oxfordshire, and Bedfordshire
Evans, J., & J. Britton, A new display of the beauties of England, vol. 2, 3rd ed. (London, 1776)
- Deals with places in England further than twenty miles from London
Gaspey, William, Tallis's illustrated London : in commemoration of the Great exhibition of all nations in 1851 : forming a complete guide to the British metropolis and its environs, vol. 1 (London, 1851)
Morden, Robert, The new description and state of England, containing the maps of the counties of England and Wales, 2nd edn. (London, 1704)
- Fifty-three copper plates
- Available as Google Free-Eook
Spencer, Nathaniel, The complete English traveller, (London, 1771)
Unknown author, An Italian manuscript published by Mawman as the Travels of Cosmo the Third, Grand Duke of Tuscany, through England, during the Reign of King Charles the Second (1669) (but published in this form London 1821)
- The text contains a number of views "as delineated at that period by artists in the suite of Cosmo"
Weale, John, The pictorial handbook of London comprising its antiquities, architecture, arts ... and scientific institutions .... (London, 1854)
XXXX, The Modern Universal British Traveller; or A New Complete, and Accurate Tour through England, Wales, Scotland, and the Neighbouring Islands [London: J. Cooke] [1779]
Engraving sources: France
d’Alquie, Francois Savinien, Les Delices de la France, ou Description des Provinces & Villes Capitalles d’icelle: Comme Aussi La Description des Chateaux & Maisons Royalles. Plus Celle des nouvelles Conquetes, avec leurs Figures au naturel, printed in duodecimo by Jaques Moukee, 49 plates (Leiden, 1685)
- See offline out of copyright images (Map of France, Bordeaux, Brest, Dieppe, Geneve, La Rochelle, Lions (Lyons), Marseilles, Nantes, Orleans, Paris, Rouen, Saumur & Tour (others in original text, but not downloaded)
Dallington, Robert, A method for travel. Shewed by taking the view of France as it stoode in the yeare of our Lord 1598 (London, 1606)
Sanson, Nicholas, L'Europe en plusieurs cartes et en divers traittés de geographie et d'histoire (Paris, 1683)
Engraving sources: Ottoman Empire
Online sellers of engravings
Netherlands based
Gert Jan Bestebrertje Rare Books
- Vianen, the Netherlands
- http://www.gertjanbestebreurtje.com
- Catalogue 51: Dutch West India Company[3]
Antiquariaat Forum
- t Goy-Houten, the Netherlands
http://www.forumrarebooks.com
UK based
Heatons of Tisbury
- http://www.heatons-of-tisbury.co.uk - Heatons of Tisbury
US based
Paulus Swaen, Florida
- http://www.swaen.com
RareCharts, South Carolina
- http://www.rarecharts.com
Topographical guides
Public non-commercial sources of images
By far the best source of high quality black and white digital images for non-commercial use on this wiki is the Bibliothèque nationale de France: Gallica.bnf.fr[4]
See BNF non-commercial reproduction conditions
Historic cities website, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Images are copyrighted, though the underlying physical documents are out of copyright
- See http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/historic_cities.html
Cartographic bibliography
Howgego, James, Printed Maps of London circa 1553-1850, 2nd ed., Wm. Dawson and Sons, Ltd, Kent, England, 1978 [No. 184].
- John Cary map of London, pre-1818
- Greenwood map of London, 1827- ↑ http://www.swaen.com/jodocus-hondius-1629.php, viewed 10/01/12
- ↑ http://www.heatons-of-tisbury.co.uk/buck6.html, viewed 10/01/12
- ↑ http://www.gertjanbestebreurtje.com/application/uploads/files/Catalogues/List_51_WIC.pdf, viewed 08/01/12
- ↑ http://gallica.bnf.fr
