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The British atlas : comprising a complete set of county maps, of England and Wales; with a general map of navigable rivers and canals; and plans of cities and principal towns

Archive Print Item: Large Whitaker Collection 116

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Type of record: Book

Title: The British atlas : comprising a complete set of county maps, of England and Wales; with a general map of navigable rivers and canals; and plans of cities and principal towns

Level: Item

Classmark: Large Whitaker Collection 116

Additional creator(s): Cole, G D H (1889-1959) (Other); Roper, John (Other); Brayley, E W (1773-1854) (Other); Britton, John (1771-1857) (Other)

Related people: Cole, G; Roper, John; Brayley, E. W; Britton, John

Publisher: Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme ; J. Harris ; J. Cuthell ; J. Cundee ; W. Faden ; J. and A. Arch ; Crosby and Co. ; J. Richardson ; and J.M. Richardson

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1810

Language: English

Size and medium: 1 atlas ([80] leaves)

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/299093

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991003980759705181

Description

All but two of the maps and plans were drawn by G. Cole and engraved by J. Roper under the directions of E.W. Brayley or J. Britton, and originally issued to accompany The Beauties of England and Wales, by Brayley and Britton. They were re-issued in English Topography by Joseph Nightingale in 1816 and later in other works--Whitaker: The Harold Whitaker Collection... Univ. of Leeds, 1947, p. 64.


Greenwich meridian.


Town plans: Bedford, Cambridge, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Colchester, Coventry, Derby, Durham, Exeter, Glocester, Hertford, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Gateshead, Northampton, Norwich, Oxford, Shrewsbury, St. Albans, Winchester, Worcester.


Town plans have vignettes of sights of local interest.


Indexed in: Chubb CCCXXXIX.

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