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Yorkshire, divided into its Ridings with their subdivisions [cartographic material] : exhibiting the whole of the mail, direct and pricipal cross roads, rivers, navigable canals, railways, and the parliamentary divisions
Smith, T M; Dix, Thomas (1813)
[1852?]
Reprint of map by T. Dix (A new map of the county of York, 1820) with railways added to ca. 1852. Vignette: South east view of York. Lists of wapentakes, markets and hill heights. Relief shown b...
L'isole piv famose del mondo
Porcacchi, Thomaso (1530-1585?); Porro, Girolamo (1520-1604)
1604
Engraved t.p. To this edition are added "Descrittione dell'Istria," and "Descrittione dell'isola d'Elandia, isola de Gotti," etc., with another map; otherwise it is nearly the same, page for page an...
An epitome of Mr. John Speed's Theatre of the empire of Great Britain, and of his Prospect of the most famous parts of the world : in this new edition are added, the descriptions of His Majesties dominions abroad, viz. New England, New York,... Carolina, Florida, ... Virginia, Maryland, ... Jamaica, Barbados, ... as also the empire of the Great Mogol, with the rest of the East Indies, ... the empire of Russia, with their respective descriptions
Speed, John (1552?-1629); Speed, John (1552?-1629); Speed, John (1552?-1629)
1676
In two parts, each with special t.p. Engraved special t.p. for first part reads: England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland described and abridged with ye historic relation of things worthy memory from a ...
Rossīĭskoĭ atlas iz soroka chetyrekh kart sosto︠i︡ashchīĭ i na sorok na dva nam︠i︡estnichestva Imperī︠i︡u razd︠i︡el︠i︡a︠i︡ushchīĭ
Wildbrecht, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich (1820); Gornyĭ institut (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
1792
Engraved and illustrated title page. All maps except [25], [27], [32], [42-43] signed A. Wildbrecht. Engraved by A.D. Savinkov, I. Leonov, T. Mikhaĭlov, K. Ushakov, E.M. Khud︠i︡akov, I.I. Kol...
A general atlas of the world : containing distinct maps of all the principal empires, states, kingdoms, and principalities, throughout the world
Wallis, James; Oddy, S A
1813
Cover title. At head of title: The latest atlas published. Added t.p. without imprint date: Oddy's New general atlas of the world... / engraved and carefully selected ... by James Wallis. -- Londo...
A new description of England and Wales : with the adjacent islands. Wherein are contained, diverse useful observations and discoveries in respect to natural history, antiquities, customs, honours, privileges, &c. With a particular account of the products, trade, and manufactures of the respective places in every county, and their improvements or decays. Together with many uncommon observations concerning mines of several sorts. Also, several errors of different kinds are rectified. The whole illustrated with many historical and critical remarks. To which is added, a new and correct set of maps of each County, their roads and distances; and, to render 'em the more acceptable to the curious, their margins are adorn'd with great variety of very remarkable antiquities, &c
Moll, Herman (1732); Bowles, Thomas (1767); Bowles, John (1701-1779); Rivington, Charles (1688-1742)
1724
Title-page in red and black. With an index. The maps of this work are readily identified by the illustrations of "remarkable antiquities" which adorn the end margins. The map of the West Riding sh...
A topographical and historical description of the county of York : containing an account of its towns, cathedral, castles, antiquities, churches, monuments, public edifices, picturesque scenery, the residences of the nobility, gentry, &c. accompanied with biographical notices of eminent and learned men to whom this county has given birth
Bigland, John (1750-1832)
[1819?]
Added t.-p. engr., dated 1819. Maps by Neele. "A list of... books, maps, &c ... relative to the topography and antiquities of Yorkshire": p. [932]-938. A separate issue, with new t.-p., of a par...
A supplement to Baines' Flora of Yorkshire : with a map
Baker, John Gilbert (1834-1920); Nowell, John; Baines, Henry
1854
Frontispiece: Map of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Contents (from t.-p.): Pt.1. The flowering plants and ferns: by John Gilbert Baker. -- Pt.2. The mosses of the county: by John Nowell.
Cosmography and geography : in two parts: the first, containing the general and absolute part of cosmography and geography, being a translation from that eminent and much esteemed geographer, Varenius. Wherein are at large handled all such arts as are necessary to be understood, for the true knowledge thereof. To which is added the much wanted schemes, omitted by the author. The second part being a geographical description of the world, taken from the notes and works of the famous Monsieur Sanson, late geographer to the French King. To which are added about an hundred cosmographical, geographical and hydrographical tables of several kingdoms and isles in the world, with their chief cities, seaports, bays, etc. drawn from the maps of the said Sanson
Sanson, Nicolas (1600-1667); Blome, Richard (1705); Speed, John (1552?-1629); Roycroft, Samuel; Varenius, Bernhardus (1622-1650)
1693
The Preface to the reader signed: Richard Blome. "A geographical description of the world taken from the works of the famous Monsieur Sanson... by Richard Blome" has special t.p. with imprint date, ...
Guili. Camdeni viri clarissimi Britannia, sive, Florentiss. regnorum Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ, insularumque adiacentium, ex intima antiquitate descriptio
Camden, William (1551-1623); Telle, Reinier (1578-1618); Blaeu, Willem Janszoon (1571-1638)
1639
Contains very much reduced versions of Mercator's group county maps of 1595, which had previously appeared in P. Bertii Tabularum Geographicarum contractarum... 1616. The general maps of England and W...