The large English atlas, or, A new set of maps of all the counties in England and Wales : drawn from the several surveys which have been hitherto published, with three general maps of England, Scotland, and Ireland, from the latest and best authorities ... : laid down on a large scale, and containing all the cities, towns, villages, and churches, whether rectories or vicarages, chapels, many noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, &c. &c. : each map is illustrated with a general description of the county, its cities, borough and market towns, the number of members returned to parliament, of parishes, houses, acres of land &c. : and historical extracts relative to the trade, manufactures, and government of the cities and principal towns, and the present state of the inhabitants, &c. / by Emanuel Bowen, ... Thomas Kitchen, and others.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for and sold by Carington Bowles, map and print seller, at no. 69 in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXVII [1767]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([1] leaf, [94] leaves of plates) : 47 maps ; 56 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio B 2024 34Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scales differ.
Notes:
The map of Middlesex is engraved by Richard William Seale; Ireland, by J. Bayly.Title-page printed in red and black.Maps show ornate title and dedication cartouches, roads, rivers, and places, with notes about the county.London meridian.Relief shown pictorially.English short title catalogue, T216436BAC Folio B 2024 34: Includes an engraved table of distances by Daniel Paterson, inserted after title leaf. Maps are uncolored. Bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards.
Subject Terms:
Atlases -- Great Britain. | England -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Wales -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Ireland -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Wales -- Description and travel -- Maps. | England -- Description and travel -- Maps.