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CA OTUTF MS COLL 00536A
Title
[The Bilkstys-Richardson Collection of Maps].
Date(s)
- [1500]-[1899] (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
172 items; 4 boxes (boxes 3 + 4 OVS), 24 mapcase folders
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of James A. Richardson; 2019; MS 19.109.
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Scope and content
Collection of maps, landscapes and some portraits, printed between the sixteenth-early nineteenth centuries. The maps primarily document Europe and European countries, with a smaller selection of maps of Asia.
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No restrictions on access.
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca.
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Description identifier
CA OTUTF MS COLL 00536A
Institution identifier
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto