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Benjamin Cole (1695-1766), was an English [[surveyor]], [[mapmaker]], instrument maker, [[engraver]] and [[bookbinder]] living in [[Oxford]]. His son William and grandson Benjamin were also instrument makers in London, while another son, Maximilian, was an engraver in Oxford. <ref>Oxford Figures: 800 Years of the Mathematical Sciences</ref>
Benjamin Cole had a long-standing interest in [[freemasonry]] and engraved the frontispiece to the 1756 ''Book of Constitutions'' after succeeding John Pine in 1743 as official engraver to the [[Grand Lodge]]. Cole started a remarkable dynasty of engravers to the [[Freemasons]]. His son, William, worked as engraver to the [[Bank of England]], and took over control and production of the engraved lists in 1767. William’s son, John, founded a ‘Masonic Printing Office’ in London.
Cole drew up the ward maps for the first edition of Maitland’s History. His music engravings included a collection by [[John Frederick Lampe]] with a setting of the ''Apprentice’s Song''. In 1728/9, he published a copy of the ''Old Charges'' with speeches by the [[Freemasons]] [[Francis Drake (disambiguation)|Francis Drake]] and Edward Oakley. Like John Senex (1678-1740), another great cartographer, Cole was a protagonist of [[Palladian]] and [[Vitruvian]] virtues. He collaborated with Oakley on ''The Magazine of Architecture, Perspective, and Sculpture'' which provided an elementary introduction to [[Palladian architecture]].
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