Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

C. & J. Greenwood

Title:

Atlas of the counties of England : from actual surveys made from the years 1817 to 1833 / by C. & J. Greenwood.

Published / Created:

London : Published by the proprietors Greenwood & Co., April 1st, 1834.

Physical Description:

[47] leaves : 47 maps ; 66 x 84 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio C 2024 4
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Maps & Atlas (printed)

Scale:

Scales differ.

Notes:

Maps include lists of hundreds and vignettes of local places of interest.

Relief shown by hachures.

The title page is engraved (by J. & C. Walker) and includes a map of England and Wales divided into counties.

The atlas originally appeared in 4 parts, issued in 1829, 1830, 1831 and 1834 respectively, so only the maps in part 4 show parliamentary representation according to the Reform Act of 1832.

Chubb, T. Printed maps in the atlases of Great Britain and Ireland, CCCCLVIIIa.

BAC Folio C 2024 4: Maps are hand-colored. Bound in contemporary quarter calf. Armorial bookplate: Belton House. Had bound with it: Greenough, George Bellas. A geological map of England & Wales (1819, [i.e. 1820]).

Consists of 42 maps of the English counties and three maps of counties in Wales (each showing four counties).

Subject Terms:

England -- Maps. | Wales -- Maps. | Belton House -- Bookplate.

Form/Genre:

Atlases. | Engravings. | Hand coloring.

Contributors:

Dower, John, active 1838–1846?, engraver. | Neele, James, engraver. | Neele, Josiah, engraver. | J. & C. Walker (Firm), engraver.