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Ancient maps and universal history : autograph manuscript, 1787.

BIB_ID
193896
Accession number
MA 4262
Creator
Sandys, W. B.
Display Date
1787.
Credit line
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund, 1985.
Description
1 item (11 p., plus colophon), bound : col. map ; 10.8 x 17.3 cm
Notes
Colophon: W. B. Sandys fecit aged 9 1/2.
The dealer from whom this manuscript was purchased attributes it to Edwin Sandys, grandson of Samuel Sandys, 1st baron Sandys of Ombersley, a descendant of Edwin Sandys, 1561-1629.
Provenance
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund in 1985.
Summary
A calligraphic manuscript of four maps of ancient empires, each with a descriptive leaf, and two leaves of Chart of Biography, plus colophon; done by Sandys at the age of nine.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (26.7 cm)