Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Badeslade, Thomas
Title:
Chorographia Britanniae, or, A set of maps of all the counties in England and Wales : ... with the particular map of each county is an account of all the cities, boroughs, market towns, parishes, and rivers therein, the number of members it sends to Parliament, the market and fair days, and in those of Oxford and Cambridge are the names of all the colleges and halls in both universities, with the dates of their foundations : to the whole is added an alphabetical index of all the cities, boroughs, & market towns, properly distinguish'd from each other, and in what county they are situate : this collection ... was first drawn and compiled into a pocket book, by order and for the use of His late Majesty King George I / by Thomas Badeslade, surveyor and engineer, and now neatly engraved by Will. Henry Toms.
Published / Created:
[London] : Printed for and sold by W.H. Toms, engraver, in Union Court, near Hatton Garden, Holbourn, 1742.
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([53] leaves) : 46 col. maps ; 25 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Scale:
Scales differ.
Notes:
Engraved throughout.
Contents:
(from t.p.) An accurate chart of the sea coast, exhibiting all the royal docks, fortifications, harbours, sands, &c. -- A map of England and Wales, as divided into counties, with the names of the cities and county towns, and the length, breadth, and superficial content of the whole and each county separately -- A map of the great roads from London to all parts of South Britain ... -- A map of all the cross roads from one great town to another ...
Subject Terms:
Atlases, British -- Early works to 1800. | Roads -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- Road maps -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | England -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Wales -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L. (Harry Lawrence) -- Bookplate. | Toms, W. H. -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Atlaes -- England -- 1742. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1742.
Contributors:
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700–approximately 1750, engraver.