CLARKE, W. B., and J. HENSHALL (engraver). Bordeaux. London, Baldwin & Cradock [for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge], October, 1832.
Steel-engraved map (image size 300 x 385 mm) with hand-colouring and two inset views of the city; dissected into 8 sections linen-backed and with printed label on one panel-verso; light age-toning, a good and scarce map.
William Barnard Clarke (1807–1894) was physician, architect, archaeologist and polymath. As a talented draughtsman he published a series of superior maps of European cities via the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, where he was an active member.
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