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Maps, their history, characteristics and uses; a handbook for teachers (1921)

Fordham, Herbert George, Sir, 1854-1929 · Cambridge : The University press · leaf 49

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His minute delineations ofbuildings in profile, to represent towns of different sizes,bear magnifying with the glass and have a real charm. Thefive sheets in which Cordier has drawn in sections Englandand Wales are exceedingly beautiful. The ornamentation ofthe cartouches which decorate his plates… … (A) Plans of Fortresses in France and Flandeis. PLATE V

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