The small British atlas : being a new set of maps of all the counties of England and Wales: to which is added, a general map, with tables of length, breadth, area, cities, boroughs and parishes in each county. Likewise a parliamentary map of England, with tables of the produce of the land-tax; also a scheme of the proportion the several counties paid to the Three shilling aid, 1699, compared with the number of members they send to Parliament
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Title: The small British atlas : being a new set of maps of all the counties of England and Wales: to which is added, a general map, with tables of length, breadth, area, cities, boroughs and parishes in each county. Likewise a parliamentary map of England, with tables of the produce of the land-tax; also a scheme of the proportion the several counties paid to the Three shilling aid, 1699, compared with the number of members they send to Parliament
Other titles: Le petit atlas Britannique
Classmark: Whitaker Collection 65
Creator(s): Rocque, John (1762)
Additional creator(s): Sayer, Robert (1725-1794) (Other)
Related people: Sayer, Robert
Publisher: John Rocque and Robert Sayer
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1753
Language: English
Size and medium: [2] l., 54 fold. maps
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/298289
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991003863849705181
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Added t.-p. in French: Le petit atlas Britannique: ou recueil des provinces d'Angleterre et de la principaute de Galles... [etc.].
"Published according to Act of Parliament 1753".
The maps had previously been issued in The English traveller, 1746. Excessive shading around the county boundaries gives the counties the appearance of islands.--Whitaker: The Harold Whitaker Collection... Univ. of Leeds, 1947, p. 48.
Indexed in: Chubb CCVII.
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